Apatani 'prison'
This bamboo structure, built by the owner of the Apatani house to which it is attached, was intended to prevent the escape of a prisoner held within the house : the tall platform, as Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf explained, is a ‘sentry box.’ The prisoner was the man’s own son-in-law : the younger...
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Apatani 'prison' [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
This bamboo structure, built by the owner of the Apatani house to which it is attached, was intended to prevent the escape of a prisoner held within the house : the tall platform, as Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf explained, is a ‘sentry box.’ The prisoner was the man’s own son-in-law : the younger man had reportedly badly treated his wife and tried to send her back to her father’s house : When the son-in-law went to his father-in-law’s house and demanded that he take back his daughter, the older man seized him and kept him prisoner in his house : When this photograph was taken, the prisoner had been held for seven months : the father-in-law demanded either that he take back his wife or pay him 100 mithuns a ridiculously high number. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1944, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. |
| Place of Publication: |
India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Hong -- Apatani River valley. |