The tribal shawls from Nagaland are known for their unique designs and motifs. These shawls are very warm and are gaining popularity day by day. There are around 16 tribes in Nagaland and each may have its own distinctive design and colour combination in shawls.

Features of Naga Shawl:
One of the common features of Naga shawl is that three pieces are woven separately and stitched together. In fact, the central stripe is more decorated than the other two, which generally have more or less the same pattern.

Types of Nagaland Shawls:
Different tribes in Nagaland weave and wear different types shawls. Thus Naga shawls widely vary on the basis of the design and the tribes using them. Some of the popular type of Naga shawls are:

• Tsungkotepsu Shawl: This is an exclusive male shawl and is one of the most characteristic cloth of Aos tribe. The shawl is woven on a general dark base. The cloth has a median white band and on either side of it, there are horizontal bands of contrasting colors like red, black and white. The median band is painted with a pattern in black, which includes various symbolic figures.
  
  
• Rongsu Shawl: It is one of the most decorative shawls worn by the Ao tribes. This is mainly a male shawl.
  
  
• Angami Naga Shawl: This is a black shawl with thick bold embroidered animal motifs. These shawls were mainly worn by warriors of Angami tribe. The shawl carries an entire range of wild animals against a black background divided into horizontal panels by woven bands of color.
  
  
• Supong: It is a typical Naga shawl worn by the Sangtam tribe. This is supposed to be used by rich people. The shawl on a black base has four grey bands at the top and another four bands of the same color at the bottom.
  
  
• Rongkhim: It is one of the most attractive shawls worn by Yimchunger Naga tribe. The shawl is in red and black with narrow grey bands at the two edges. This shawl is mainly worn by warrior of great renown.
  
  
• Tsungrem Khim: It is an exclusive female shawl and is popular Yimchunger shawl.
  
  
• Lotha Shawls: This a typical Naga shawl worn by Lotha tribe. The shawl has several patterns and indicate the number of social gennas performed by the weaver. Another common Lotha shawl is known as Sutam, which is a white coloured shawl with broad dark blue horizontal strips.