Portrait of an Apatani woman
Traditionally, young girls were tattooed and wooden plugs were placed in their nostrils : at age five or six, these 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 anoth...
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Portrait of an Apatani woman [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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