Omen,
methods of taking:
by dropping chips of reed or twig, [xiv], [46], [127];
by fire-stick, [xiv];
by breaking eggs, [xxxiv n. 3];
by cutting branch of bush, [5];
by cutting throat of cock, [106];
from entrails of cock, [6], [123], [128], [151];
of a chicken, [34], [50], [149];
from excreta of chicken, [50], [149], [151];
by position of fowl’s legs, [151], [152];
by splitting “chunga,” [109], [133], [134], [135];
by increase or decrease of oha, [124];
by increase or decrease of sacrificial meats, [132];
by rolling of an egg, [124], [152], [153];
by watching votive raft, [125];
from insects, [127];
by footmarks in ashes, [130];
by sliding a sickle, [153]
occasions of taking:
selecting village site, [5];
founding village, [6];
occupying new house, [34]
in Amungkam, [50];
in Rangsikam, [52];
in Rangsitsa, [125];
at Mshe etak, [53];
prior to head hunt, [106];
prior to head-taking “genna,” [109];
at Opya consecration, [123];
at Sirosi ceremony, [127];
at Pikuchak, [128];
of death at Tuku, [130];
in Lantsoa, [148];
in Ponyiratsen’s ceremony, [151], [152], [153]
Omen of death, [158];
of long life, [158];
of killing barking deer, [65];
hiccough bad for head hunter, [106]
in dreams, [171], [172]
Onion (sandhra), charm against evil spirits, [169]
Ophthalmia, cure for, [136]
Opium, use of, [82]
Opya post, [47];
ceremonies connected with, [123];
possible meaning of, [124];
pig speared at, [129];
miniature, set up, [128]
Opyachama, traditional site of opya, [123]
Ora, grub, [49]
Orange (tsampen or khongkeng, bitter;
tsampenyimo, foolish orange), cultivation and trade in, [58], [59]
Orchid root (wokoloha, pigs’ luck-stone), [61 n. 1]
stalk in ear ornaments, [11], [13];
in leggings, [15]