• K. SUTEIHANGBE

The coming of the museum wave in the late 18th century brought about a seeming shift in curating archaeological evidence, ethnological belonging, vintage repositories and cultural objects of findings in India. This paper aims to investigate the possibility of expediting curious and fascinating artifacts that are already on the verge of vanishing in today’s time due to the lackadaisical utility of appreciation and preservation by the community. Among the highlanders of the Naga Hills, the Zeme tribe of Senapati district, Manipur, North-East India is instituted with cultural wealth and objects cocooned by the innocent ignorance of conserving and protecting the material remains of ancient belonging. Acknowledging the deficiency and dearth passage of knowledge among the local populace has done much damage to the material wealth, some beyond restitution and replenishment. Uncontacted and isolated from the academic theatre, this field resonates with the treasure hoards wanting an inquisitive perusal. The resurgence of minute telescoping in gathering the cultural wealth of Zeme with special limelight to Senapati district has earned a profound place in the coliseum of academic discourse in the last decades, apprising intellectual interrogation to formulate documentation on the hidden knowledge of the time-honored items.

Ze-Mnui, Biographies, Repositories, Artifacts, Nostalgia, Preservation, Heritage.

"Rezaging Cultural Past: Documenting the Vanishing Artifacts of the Zeme of Northeast India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 6, page no.g419-g432, June-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2506652.pdf

"Rezaging Cultural Past: Documenting the Vanishing Artifacts of the Zeme of Northeast India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 6, page no. ppg419-g432, June-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2506652.pdf