A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with plugs distorting his ears and a necklace indicating the number of heads he has cut off. Photograph.

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1900-1999
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663246i
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A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with plugs distorting his ears and a necklace indicating the number of heads he has cut off. Photograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1900-1999

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 18.4 x 12.2 cm

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Konyak Naga with brass necklace, the small heads of which tally the heads captured Lettering in pencil on verso

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Wellcome Collection 663246i

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Photograph possibly by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937?

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