TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introductory Note vii–xiii
Section I.
GENERAL.
Numbers and Distribution 1–2
Habitat 2–3
Physical characters 4
Traditions as to origin 4–5
Dress 5–6
Tattooing 6
Jewellery 6
Weapons 6
Section II.
DOMESTIC LIFE.
Occupations 7
Houses 7–9
Furniture 9–10
Manufactures 10
Agriculture and crops 10–11
Lads’ clubs (rīsō-mār) 11–12
Hunting and fishing 12
Food 12–13
Drink 13
Luxuries 14
Section III.
LAWS AND CUSTOMS.
Sections or Divisions 15
Exogamous groups 15–17
Personal names 17
Marriage 17–19
Female chastity 19
Polygamy 19–20
Divorce 20
Words for relationship by blood or marriage 20–21
Inheritance 21
Property in land 21–22
Mikir mauzas 22
Decision of disputes: village councils 22
War 22
Outsiders admitted to tribe 23
Appendix: List of exogamous groups as given by other authorities 23–27
Section IV.
RELIGION.
General character of popular belief in ghosts and spirits, and a future life 28–29
Amulets 30
The gods and their worship 30–34
Divination and magic 34–37
Oaths and imprecations 37
Funeral ceremonies 37–42
Festivities 43
Tabu 43
Section V.
FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-TALES.
Character of Mikir Folk-tales 44–46
Three stories translated:— 1. Story of a Frog 46–48 2. The Orphan and his Uncles 48–55 3. Harata Kuṅwar 55–70
Appendix: The Legend of Creation 70–72
Section VI.
LANGUAGE.
Outline of Mikir grammar 73–87
Mikir text of three stories:— 1. Story of a Frog 88–94 2. The Orphan and his Uncles 95–112 3. Harata Kuṅwar 113–150
Section VII.
AFFINITIES.
The place of the Mikirs in the Tibeto-Burman Family 151–172
Bibliography 173–177
Index 179–183