HUKPANG SKULL CAVE

(Amahator - IN)
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave (GANGULI, M 1976: 212) is said to have been used (or still is used) as secondary burial cave in which the Phom people (note 1) deposit (or deposited) the skulls of their dead (note 2).SITUATION: In the eastern part of Tuensang district (note 3) and somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Hukpang (note 4), which is said to be accessible via Longleng (note 5), an administrative centre (GANGULI 1976: 212).An unspecified cave (GANGULI, M 1976: 212) is said to have been used (or still is used) as secondary burial cave in which the Phom people (note 1) deposit (or deposited) the skulls of their dead (note 2).SITUATION: In the eastern part of Tuensang district (note 3) and somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Hukpang (note 4), which is said to be accessible via Longleng (note 5), an administrative centre (GANGULI 1976: 212).

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: Sometime between the end of 1963 and October 1968, the dobhashi (translator) Akang told Milada GANGULI (1970, 1976: 5, 212) about a secondary burial cave near the village of Hukpang. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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41.7AJUPANGKA LONGKI