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Pucchimi: dress, ornamentation, graves, houses, salt spring and salt making |
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There was considerable delay in collecting the coolies for the loads; so I started off at 8.25 a.m. ahead of Hutton, and went via the notched log ladder through Kerami village on the return march to Phozami. I walked, with Nikrihu, for about 11 miles without stopping, most of the way up hill, through alternations of open old-jhum land, jungle and pine-woods. Small palms (?Phoenix) were growing among the pines. I reached the first col at about 11, &, after descending for some distance, mounted again to the second col, where a Naga path leads off to Pucchimi village. At this point I sat & waited for Hutton & the rest of the safari. They were not long in coming & after tiffin we left the main track & followed the side track to Pucchimi. This Sangtam village resembles in general the others in the neighbourhood. Only about 60 houses rather widely spaced. The population is large for the number of houses. The men wear small lengtas. Some were wearing tigers' teeth pendants to their bead necklets - or imitation tigers' teeth. A few men had a tattoo-mark |
