Naga Skull Auctioned in UK
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•Naga skulls: Indian tribes seeks to bring home ancestral remains from UK museums
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A 19th-Century skull from the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland was up for auction in the UK .
It was among thousands of items that European colonial administrators had collected from the state.
Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum has largest Naga collection, with 41 human remains.
Oxford has removed Naga skulls from public display in 2020 and placed them in storage.
The British took over the Naga areas in 1832 and, in 1873 , introduced a special permission for travellers called the Inner Line Permit to strictly control access to the region.
Historians say colonial administrators put down any rebellions and often burnt Naga villages to subdue them.
One of the human remains in PRM 's list is of a person from her village and tribe.
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