Kohima, Nov. 10 -- The Oxford University Council in the UK officially transferred the custodianship of 39 Naga ancestral remains formerly held at the Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) to the Naga people through the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) and the Naga tribal bodies.

"The Naga remains which had been under the custodianship of the Pitt Rivers Museum for over a century have now been formally returned to the care of the Naga communities in a solemn handover ceremony hosted by the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford on November 9, 2026," the FNR said in a statement.

Since the Pitt Rivers Museum was established in 1884, collectors have donated Naga artifacts including Naga ancestral human remains to the museum, an update from the FNR ...