TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ........ xiii

BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . xvii

GLOSSARY ......... xix

PART I
THE LUSHEI CLANS

CHAPTER 1

PAGE

GENERAL ......... 1

1. Habitat. 2. Appearance and physical characteristics, 3.
History. 4. Affinities. 5. Dress. 6. Tattooing. 7. Orna-
ments. 8. Weapons.

CHAPTER II

DOMESTIC LIFE ........ 17

1. Occupation. 2. Weights and Measures. 3. Villages. 4.
Houses. 5. Furniture. 6. Implements—Agricultural,
Musical, Household. 7. Manufactures—Basket work,
Pottery, Brass work. Iron work, Cloth manufacture, Dye-
ing, Ornamentation. 8. Domestic animals. 9. Agriculture.
10. Hunting and fishing. 11. Food and drink. 12. Amuse-
ments—Dances, Athletics, Games.

CHAPTER III

LAWS AND CUSTOMS ....... 41

Internal structure—Formation and constitution of the Clan,
Sub-division into Families and Branches. 2. Tribal organ-
isation—The Chief, Village officials, Rights of chief, Boi,
Sal, &c. 3. Marriage—Bride-price, Divorce, Widow re-
marriage. 4. Female chastity. 5. Inheritance—Adoption.
6. Offences regarding property. 7. Offences connected with
the body. 8. Decisions of disputes. 9. War and head-
hunting—Ambushing, Raiding, First use of guns, Head-
hunting.