The Konyaks are best known for the virile warrior tradition, lavish ornaments, and several deep-rooted artistic inheritance practices in wood, bone, and metalworks. The craftsmanship and ingenuity that the Konyaks have, are well evident in that the sculpture has been made from one single bone. The figure is poised on a circular pedestal, the warrior holding aloft a trophy, an action that is generally postured assertively and could symbolize heroism, victoriousness, or perhaps success through battle. Historically, the tribe celebrates this with the much valorized form of bravery, remembering their past with headhunting as an entrenched cultural practice.
The warrior wears a bright-orange beaded necklace, which, for the Konyaks, denotes pride and a mark of status. It has an elaborate brass pendant shaped like a human face, which symbolizes identity and honor, or possibly ancestral protection. The pedestal itself is adorned with carvings of human heads, human figures, and animals in very fine detail. Within Konyak culture, the iconography is very heavy on symbolism, representing victory, spiritual beliefs, and the communion of man and nature. Those carvings are also the memorialization of major achievements and even go on to have a tracker in the rituals or serve to show ancestry. It speaks much about the tradition but is not just an object of ornamentation; it is a representation of Konyak identity, the warrior tradition, and the artistry. The Indian Museum, Kolkata is one of the repositories where heritage of a Konyak Naga tribe is drawn deep into reclamation in all its profundity