Apatani woman on a house porch
This young Apatani woman has the traditional facial tattoos and nose plugs : at age five or six, tattoo lines were made by pricking the skin with thorns and then rubbing in a mixture of coal black and cooking oil : One line was drawn from forehead to the tip of the nose, and another five on the chin...
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Apatani woman on a house porch [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 young Apatani woman has the traditional facial tattoos and nose plugs : at age five or six, tattoo lines were made by pricking the skin with thorns and then rubbing in a mixture of coal black and cooking oil : One line was drawn from forehead to the tip of the nose, and another five on the chin : about the same age, a young girl's nostrils were pierced and wooden pins inserted : a few years later, when the hole was large enough, wooden plugs, also blackened with soot and oil, were inserted : In 1974, the Apatani Youth Association demanded that these practices be abandoned, and today tattoos and nose plugs are only seen on women above 35-40 years of age : the large hoop, brass earrings are also no longer worn, and the tangle of beads, though still seen, is increasingly unpopular : Similarly, her hairstyle and coarse cotton skirt have been replaced by other fashions, and today women her age would wear an upper garment : What she holds in her basket is unidentifiable : the young man on the left wears the traditional cane belt and cloth penis cover, which became a sign of backwardness and began to be replaced by shorts in the 1950s. |
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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 -- Apatani River valley. |