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Sakhalu. Chief's house - rows of breasts - 6 in a line - many mithan heads - also a head - the latter after completing all the gennas (possible only if actually taken one) + a carving of a wild dog |
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(See Hutton, Sema Nagas p. 48 carving of a dao holder. |
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Yehimi. House of Nehoizu (chief) 2 houses - one for senior wife - central post - one carved mithan head. |
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One for junior wife, central post - a tiger descending on a mithan head. |
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'The tiger kills mithan. It is their greatest foe. A man who kills a mithan is like a tiger. That is why the tiger is there'. |
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In Yehimi - the feasts of merit are: |
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1. itilomishiki - 1 cow or bull. |
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3. aphikusa - 2 pigs 3 cows. |
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4. avikukho - at least 1 mithan. |
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(NB. different tariffs and even different names in different villages - compare this list with Hutton's at p. 227-8). |
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When the feasts are all completed can put up a carved centre pillar. Nehoizu did this in 1940. He first went to the forest with some of the villagers and chose a tree. He then offered a cock, an egg and some rice beer and addressed the tree's spirit. 'Do no harm. May all be well'. After that the tree was felled, shaped and carved. On the day of installation, a pig was killed but its blood was not smeared on the post. Throughout the period no one was genna. |
