Cat, [63]
Catfish, capture of, [71], [72];
“How men became catfish,” [184]
Cattle (mangsü), keeping of, trade in, [60], [61];
joint ownership in “genna” for births, [60];
indigenous breed, [61];
flesh not eaten by dyers, [38];
pot-makers, [41];
cultivator on day of selecting “jhum,” [46];
by household at Rangsikam ceremony, [52]
Cave, woman out of, reputed ancestress of clan, [xxi]
on Wokha hill entrance to Land of the Dead (etchhiku), [22], [119]
Celebes, use of bow in, [xxviii]
Census of India, 1911, [xvii n. 4];
1921, [xxxii n. 1]
Cephalic indices, [xxiii]
Ceremonial dress, abandonment of, [xi];
described, [13];
occasions on which worn, occupation of new village, [6];
champo rebuilding, [27];
Ramo, [109];
“mock fighting,” [110];
Opya ceremonies, [123];
Sirosi, [127];
stone-dragging, [142];
by bridegroom, [150];
corpse buried in, [157]
Ceremonies:
public, [127]–130;
Mr. Hutton’s views as to value of, [xii];
village founding, [5], [6];
village making, [6] (Oyantsoa, q.v.), Morung rebuilding, [26], 28;
Sirosi, [127];
Pikuchak, [128];
Rangendri, [129];
Tuku, [129]
connected with agriculture:
on selecting and firing “jhum,” [46];
Thruven, [47], [48];
Motharatsen, [49];
Amungkam, [50];
Rangsikam, [51];
Lanvung, [52];
Mshe-etak (first-fruits), [53];
Liritang (reaping), [54]
individual, [131]–144;
for welfare of household, Potsokam, [131];
Epuetha, [132];
in illness, [133]–136
connected with dogs, head-hunting, social “gennas,” births, deaths, marriages, etc., see under appropriate headings.
Chabli, kept as heirlooms, [44]