Shovels of cattle’s shoulder-blades, [23]
Shrew mouse, [120 n. 1]
Shungentsore kindred, [92]
Sickle (vekhua), [55];
in Mshe etak, [53];
omen-taking, [153]
Silence, in ceremonies, of wife in dog purifying, [64];
of cultivator before first sowing, [46];
by makers of fishing weirs, [73];
of bride and bridegroom, [150];
household of “apotia,” [162];
by mock raiders, [129]
Singeing of sacrificial animal, [50], [134], [149], [151];
prohibited, [6]
Singpho tribe, affinities and connections, [xv], [xviii], [xx];
come from direction of Nepal and Tibet, [xvi], [xxxvi];
burn dead, [xxiii], [xxiv];
use of cross-bow, [xxvii]
Sityingo (Angami Tsikeo), Divine owner of wild animals, [115];
snicks ears of deer, [64];
prayer to, in dog purifying, [65];
share of deer killed, [65];
“The Story of —— and Ngazo,” [183]
Sityingonguli clan, [88];
origin, [90];
term for mother, [95]
Six, important number, connected with males:
—— days’ “genna” for birth of a boy, [145], [146];
of a bull calf, [60];
—— beads in bull calf necklace, [60];
in omen-taking for a male, [134];
—— days’ “genna” for death of a man, [158];
—— pieces of meat over man’s grave, [158];
—— cuts on death chicken’s wings, [159];
—— pieces of meat in final offering to dead (male), [159], [160];
—— nights’ chastity before head-taking ceremony, [108];
in connection with sacrifices and ceremonies, [48], [54], [65], [128], [131], [133], [139], [151], [154], [162];
with death of tiger, [164 n. 1]