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GLOSSARY 751
(nB)t¢l = the corD.
(ne)tel muluumn; a special corD maDe only in Lan-ibumbu anD Bagasa
iron: a creeper calleD mbirip ; it is pl.lI'Ch3.S€D at enuance to high
Nimangki graDes, anD is useD for fastening on the heaD-Dress worn
During the Dances of these graDes.
(m)tel silks: saiD to be a mat in the form of a man ; an object of the
greatest sanctity, maDe only in Lambumbu. The privilege of seeing
it is purchaseD at entrance to Nimanghi Namu.
(1:i)temuh (L.) : (1) a ghost ; (2) an instrument maDe from a large bamboo
pipe supporteD at one enD useD in the incision rites ; (3) the ceremony
which concluDes the funeral rites anD enDs the perioD of mourning;
(4) efligies carveD out oi wooD.
(ni)!2mah takhtnkh (L.) : “ the ghost he enDures " ; a name for the large
bull-roarer (" the mother") which is useD in the incision rites.
tzmes: (I) a ghost ; (2) an effigy set up for ï¬Åre entrance rites of every
Nimangki graDe in which an ancestral spirit is believeD to resiDe
intermittently; (3) subsiDiary efligies oiten set up for entrance rites to
Nimamgki graDes, but whether believeD to be occupieD ever by spirits
is not stateD ; (4) the name oi one of the faces carveD on the numbou
timbarap (q.v.) ; (5) the name of a Design on an arm-banD “ belonging
to " the graDe Nimzmgki New/eluel.
tomes malau (tsmes = ghost ; maluu = bush turkey) 1 (1) a mythological
being, apparently especially associateD with the N alau/an N imbwilei
graDes; (2) a certain kinD of mask connecteD with the Nalawan,
possibly the same as the iemes nagaal ; (3) a heavy wooDen “ mask "
or Disguise, worn at some stage During the entrance rites to Nalauum
Nimbwilei.
temzs mbalmbul: the hats or masks of the Nalawam society.
lzmes mbalmbal noon im : " the temes mbalmbal with two faces â€ù ; possibly
the same as the temes mzplzl ; a mask which belongs to the graDe
Numbau aimbamp.
lï¬Åmes mbalmbal norm isii = " the temes mblzlmbal with one iaceâ€ù; a
variety of mask belonging to the graDe Nisamp.
lzmzs mbalai: an important variety of non»human bush spirit; the
visible {arm of the " spirit " of e naai male tree.
lemes mbatm: the two larger temes carveD with two faces, set up at
entrance to the graDe Mbatm.
temes mzainggol: the wooDen cylinDers which when blown into maDe a.
sounD which is supposeD to be the noises oi the ancestral spirits;
these cylinDers are very sacreD anD belong to the Nalawun society.
temes nupal : one of the masks oi the Nalawan ; worn only by members
of Nimburilei or higher graDes.
temes nDmrmDam: the name oi the gong-rhythrn beaten to announce
that a man has been killeD in war. -
temes (m')mbwemwe1'l = “ the young cycas temes " ; the name oi a mask
belonging to the graDe Ame] SesmcmDur; it is also calleD temes
mbalmbal noon lllil, that is " the temes mbalmbal with three
faces ".
temes niuinbur : the ï¬Ågures anD moDelleD heaDs useD During the Nivinbur
rites.
temes (nu)mb-step: a. variety of mask belonging to the graDe Naainggol
or perhaps Lelengmfal.
temes pnpas: a variety of mask belonging to the graDe Naamel Limbu.
temes mmbu : a rite of Divination by means oi which it is DiscovereD what
village is responsible for a person's Death. '
tame: mmbumbal z a variety of plant planteD for the Death feast.
tame: sumjasumpz (I) the temes of the Nimangki graDe Tambap, which