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The Lhota Nagas

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AN ELDERLY MAN OF LUNGITANG WEARING LUNGPENSÜ AND BIG EAR-PADS 7

YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN (OF OKOTSO) 7

ORNAMENTATION OF MEDIAN BAND OF RÜKHUSÜ 10

SOUTHERN LHOTAS IN FULL DRESS 13

CHAMIMO OF PANGTI 13

A LHOTA WARRIOR IN FULL DRESS 14

TYPES OF OBSOLETE DAOS (YANTHANG) 16

A LHOTA VILLAGE—HUMTSO 23

THE DOYANG RIVER FROM BELOW CHANGSÜ 23

A LHOTA MORUNG 25

A LHOTA HOUSE 31

SPINNING 39

WEAVING 39

FISHING 71

MINGETUNG 108

VILLAGE OHA AT THE FOOT OF MINGETUNG 108

AN OPYA BRISTLING WITH BAMBOO SPEARS THROWN AT IT AT THE OYANTSOA “GENNA” 123

MORUNG (CHAMPO) AT PANGTI 123

“GENNA” STONE TIED ON TO A BAMBOO FRAME-WORK READY TO BE CARRIED UP TO THE VILLAGE FOR THE STONE-DRAGGING CEREMONY 142

GRAVE OF A WARRIOR DECORATED WITH HIS ORNAMENTS AND A TALLY OF THE HEADS HE HAS TAKEN (NORTHERN LHOTAS) 142

FORKED POST (TSONGZÜ) AT YEKHUM, PUT UP INSTEAD OF A “GENNA” STONE 144

THE TWO PUTHIS OF AKUK COLLECTING RICE FOR THE TUKU CEREMONY 144

ENO 160

NRITANGPENG OF A MAN WHO HAS KILLED AN ELEPHANT 160

A MEDICINE MAN (RATSEN) IN A FIT 164

A DANCER AT THE REBUILDING OF A MORUNG 164

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SKETCH MAP TO SHOW TRIBES AND PLACES MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION xl

MAP SHOWING LHOTAS AND NEIGHBOURING TRIBES at end

MAP OF THE LHOTA COUNTRY

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