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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