Chapter II: Part VII

Appendix A—The Lhota Calendar 226 Appendix B—Mensuration 228 Appendix C—Human Sacrifice 230

Naga-Assamese Glossary 232

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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AN ELDERLY MAN OF LUNGITANG WEARING LUNGPENSÜ AND
BIG EAR-PADS 7
YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN (OF OKOTSO) 7
ORNAMENTATION OF MEDIAN BAND OF RÜKHUSÜ 10
SOUTHERN LHOTAS IN FULL DRESS 13
CHAMIMO OF PANGTI 13
A LHOTA WARRIOR IN FULL DRESS 14
TYPES OF OBSOLETE DAOS (YANTHANG) 16
A LHOTA VILLAGE—HUMTSO 23
THE DOYANG RIVER FROM BELOW CHANGSÜ 23
A LHOTA MORUNG 25
A LHOTA HOUSE 31
SPINNING 39
WEAVING 39
FISHING 71
MINGETUNG 108
VILLAGE OHA AT THE FOOT OF MINGETUNG 108
AN OPYA BRISTLING WITH BAMBOO SPEARS THROWN AT IT AT
THE OYANTSOA “GENNA” 123
MORUNG (CHAMPO) AT PANGTI 123
“GENNA” STONE TIED ON TO A BAMBOO FRAME-WORK READY TO
BE CARRIED UP TO THE VILLAGE FOR THE STONE-DRAGGING
CEREMONY 142
GRAVE OF A WARRIOR DECORATED WITH HIS ORNAMENTS AND A
TALLY OF THE HEADS HE HAS TAKEN (NORTHERN LHOTAS) 142
FORKED POST (TSONGZÜ) AT YEKHUM, PUT UP INSTEAD OF A
“GENNA” STONE 144
THE TWO PUTHIS OF AKUK COLLECTING RICE FOR THE TUKU
CEREMONY 144
ENO 160
NRITANGPENG OF A MAN WHO HAS KILLED AN ELEPHANT 160
A MEDICINE MAN (RATSEN) IN A FIT 164
A DANCER AT THE REBUILDING OF A MORUNG 164

MAPS

SKETCH MAP TO SHOW TRIBES AND PLACES MENTIONED IN THE
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MAP SHOWING LHOTAS AND NEIGHBOURING TRIBES at end
MAP OF THE LHOTA COUNTRY