Ancestress or creatrix of all life (Angamis), [xx], [xxxiv]
Ang, clan of chiefs among Southern Konyaks, [xxxi];
probably corresponds to Ung among Changs, [xxxiii]
Angami, compared with Lhota, [xiii];
culture similar to Lhotas, [xiv];
story of people with inverted noses, [xxvii n. 1];
practise burial, [xiv], [xxiv];
omen taking, [xiv];
spear resembles Igorot, [xxvi];
use of bow, [xxvii], [xxviii];
use tsiri trap, [67];
method of sowing jhums, [xxix];
houses built on ground, [xxx];
village defences, [21];
resemble those of Wa, [xxxvi n. 3];
store grain in their houses, [23];
great size of houses, [30];
skill in carving, [43];
physical type, [xxi], [6];
skin colour, [xxiii];
legends of origin, [xx], [xxi];
of southern and mixed origin, [xx];
Mr. Hutton’s views on Indonesian connection, [xxxvii];
driven north by Lushei-Kuki tribes, [xvii];
eject Lhotas from Kohema, [4];
once migratory, [xv];
three phratries, [xiv];
two linguistic groups, [xxxi];
extremely democratic hereditary priests, [xxxiii];
believe in ancestress of all, [xx], [xxxiv];
believe in World of the Dead in the sky, [xxxiv];
do not practise lycanthropy, [xxxiv];
cleanly, [xxxv];
numbers in census, 1921, [xxxii n. 1]
Animals, domesticated (see Live-stock):
“gennas” for births of, [60], [61], [63]
wild, the property of Sityingo, [115];
to meet —— unlucky, [150];
death by —— entails special funeral rites, [160];
horror of death by, [163]
Animism, [113]
Ao tribe:
traditions of origin, [xviii];
Negrito type found among, [xxiii];
cephalic index suggests connection with Manipuris, Ahoms, and sub-Himalayan tribes, [xxiii];
use war drum, [xxviii];
method of sowing jhum, [xxix];
erect memorial posts instead of monoliths, [xxix];
build houses on machans, [xxx];
armlets resemble Lhotas and Semas, [11], [12];
ceremonial lengta, [14];
dao holder, [16];
use tsiri trap, [67];
place white signs at path clearing, [52];
disposal of dead, [xxiv], [162];
language connects with Central and Western Naga groups, [xxxv];
exogamy, [xxx];
complexion and hair, [xxiii], [7 n. 2];
two linguistic groups, [xxx];
dual division crossed by triple, [xxx];
governed by elders, [xxxiii];
beliefs as to soul’s passage to Land of the Dead, [118];
perform scapegoat ceremony, [135];
divination by egg-breaking like Khasis, [xxxiv n. 3];
stories of fighting stones, [xxxiv n. 3];
husbands unfaithful, [19];
divorce, [156];
heartless treatment of wives, [112];
neglect of parents, [20];
slave-holders, [111];
eat opium, [82];
make wristlets for Lhotas, [12];
rükhusü bands for Lhotas, [10];
trade in leggings, [15];
in ironwork and spear shafts, [17], [42];
morungs, [24];
houses, [30]
Apar Tanengs, probably of southern origin, terrace cultivation, [xvi n. 4]
Apfu = mother, q.v.
Apfuho (S. Lhota Yamphuho), mythical person, ancestor of some Shetri clans, [176];
tales of, [177]
Apodia, [232]