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NORTH EAST ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE GOVT. OF INDIA
DIMAPUR : NAGALAND
HANDING OVER OF
HERITAGE MUSEUM
SHANGYU VILLAGE
DISTRICT- MON-NAGALAND
TO
DIRECTORATE OF ART AND CULTURE
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND, KOHIMA
ON
20TH AUGUST 1997
AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF
INDIA'S
INDEPENDENCE
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| HERITAGE MUSEUM - SHANGYU VILLAGE, MON, NAGALAND |
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The Heritage Museum at Shangyu village is the out-come of the attempt made by NEZCC to preserve the magnificent centuries-old wooden sculpture at the village. Heritage Museum was inaugurated on 25th April 1997 by His Excellency Shri. Om Prakash Sharma, Governor of Nagaland and Chairman NEZCC |
Specimens:
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Wooden monument- A gigantic wooden sculpture 18 feet long and 11.5 feet breadth carved from a single piece of wood. Most of the figures are of high-relief carvings.
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Gongs – 8 nos of brass gongs of different sizes.
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Ivory tusks – 2 nos of full large size Ivory tusks.
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Mithun heads – 6 nos of large size mithun heads.
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Rifle – 1 no Muzzle loading rifle presented by Ahom King.
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Chair – 1 no chair carved from a single piece of wood.
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Bed – 1 no wooden bed carved from a single piec e.
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