Clan:
division of phratry into clans and clans into kindreds, [87], [91];
list of clans by phratries, [88];
origins of different clans, [89] et seq.;
jungle men clans, [91];
equality of and exception, [91];
becoming exogamous division, [87];
intertribal correspondence of, discussed, [[237]]92;
welfare involved in heirlooms, [98];
—— of victim may not take share of murderer’s property, [101];
—— of Stone-dragger receives no flesh from bull killed, [143];
—— realizes price of widow who marries into another clan, [155];
mithan and pig sacrificed by, at funeral of head-taker, [159]
Clan lands, customs regarding, [97], [98]
Clansmen of sacrificer feasted, [139];
receive portions of meat, [138], [149];
—— of Stone-dragger help to carry stone, [142];
—— of bridegroom distribute firewood to clansmen of bride, [149];
escort couple to Kithandro. Clansman acts as go-between in marriage negotiations, [153];
escorts couple from bride’s father’s house, [154];
old clansman of bridegroom and old clanswoman of bride accompany former in Tsoyuta ceremony, [153];
wives of clansmen of bridegroom escort couple from bride’s father’s house, [150];
two boys of bridegroom’s clan sleep with couple on night of Halam, [150];
husbands of women of bridegroom’s clan collect firewood in Lantsoa ceremony, [148], [149];
kill pig, [149];
women of bride’s clan give her cotton and thread, [149];
in case of “apotia” death old clansman makes fire to purify household, takes rent for land, [162];
—— of deceased cannot cultivate land being cultivated at time of death, [161];
also see Echantyoi
Cleanliness, of different tribes, [xxxv]
Cloth:
also see Weaving.
Man’s described, [9], [40];
hung over grave, [158];
woman’s, [11];
special method of wearing in stone-dragging, [143];
made of dog’s hair, [19];
new, offered in soul-calling, [136];
at sale of, thread retained, [44];
corpse wrapped in two or three good cloths, [157];
head-taker’s, [10];
social “genna” performer’s, [9], [10], [11], [136]
Clouds, beliefs regarding, [173]
Club, used in mock fights, [110 n. 2]
Cock, sacrificed, in village founding, [6];
in Opya consecration, [123];
in Pikuchak, [128];
Ponyiratsen’s ceremony, [151];
in purification after “apotia,” [162];
eaten and omens taken before head hunt, [106];
killed by intending performers of head-taking ceremony, [108];
killed at Shishang, [138];
killed and cooked by bridegroom, [148]
Coffin (orhung), Lhota, [xxiv], [157];
Konyak, [xxiv];
Kalyo-Kengyu, [xxv]
Colour of skin: see Skin.