Again, just as each tribe, almost, contains traditions which cannot be
reconciled with a homogeneous origin, so marked differences of type and
physique are everywhere traceable, not only as between different
tribes, where they are in some cases most pronounced, but as between
individuals in the same tribe. Of course within the tribe each village
tends to form its own type, and after some experience of any tribe it
is possible to locate with some accuracy the villages of persons met by
the shape and appearance of their faces, but beyond this the physical
types are different. The Angami is tall and well proportioned, the
Tengima and Memi sub-tribes in particular having straight eyes and a
nose sometimes even aquiline, [15] but in any case features that are
far more regular than the very Mongolian-looking Sema, whose tendency
is most decidedly towards a flat nose and oblique eyes, combined with a
figure shorter and squatter than the Angamis. Another distinguishing
mark of the Angami among Naga tribes is the huge calves he has on his
legs. This is so marked that it finds a place in Sema folk-lore and is
a proverbial characteristic of the Angami. Yet one can see no reason in
external circumstances for the development of the calf of the Angami
leg any more than that of any other Naga leg. The Angami’s mountains
are no steeper than any other Naga’s, nor does he descend and ascend
them any oftener. The Kukis have a similar calf development, but it is
not combined as a rule with the tall stature of the Angami. The Chang
has the stature but not the breadth nor the calf, being rather
curiously built on very marked lines of his own—tall, lean and narrow,
though muscular enough.