A young man of the Konyak Naga tribe, India, holding a human head. Photograph.

Date:
1900-1999
Reference:
663208i
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Wears elaborate head-dress and has extensive scarification on chest

Publication/Creation

1900-1999

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 18.2 x 12.7 cm

Lettering

Konyak head-hunter with captured head Lettering in pencil on verso

Creator/production credits

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663208i

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