Apatani woman held prisoner in a wooden block
Leg shown in the bottom left corner belongs to an Apatani woman name Sano Rali : She is being held prisoner as part of a complicated dispute involving a stolen brass plate : a widow, she was captured by a man who had himself been accused of the theft : Unable to lay hands on him, the owners of the s...
| Full title: |
Apatani woman held prisoner in a wooden block [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Subjects: |
Asia
-- India
-- Arunachal Pradesh
-- Lower Subansiri District
-- Ziro Tehsil
-- Hija
-- Apatani River valley.
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
Leg shown in the bottom left corner belongs to an Apatani woman name Sano Rali : She is being held prisoner as part of a complicated dispute involving a stolen brass plate : a widow, she was captured by a man who had himself been accused of the theft : Unable to lay hands on him, the owners of the stolen plate captured his daughter and kept her in stocks for five months : In order to get his daughter released, the man caught Sano Rali and gave her to the owners of the plate : She is shown with her leg through a heavy log and held by an iron peg : Her arms and body have also been tied with cane ropes to the ritual platform behind her : She is being held under the ritual platform because that is where criminals are executed, and it was thought this would frighten her into confessing : She maintained her innocence, however, and eventually a mithun was killed, a feast was held and the dispute was resolved : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf also met and photographed her forty-four years later. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Access: |
© 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 -- Hija -- Apatani River valley. |