Imagining the nagas: pictorial ethnography of hans-eberhard kauffmann and christoph von furer-haimendorf
Auteur :
Stockhausen, Alban von
Éditeur :
Arnoldsche
ISBN :
9783897904125
Date de publication :
22 mai 2014
Dimensions :
27,0 x 21,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
This publication opens up a fascinating insight into the culture of the Naga tribes in the Eastern foothills of the Himalayas. Based on around 400 historical photographs, the author reconstructs with scientific precision the encounters between the Nagas, the British colonial empire and two German-speaking explorers, their pictorial worlds and ide