Nyishi men performing a ritual
These Nyishi men are sitting on a house porch and chanting during a ritual, probably a mithun bos frontalis, sacrifice : Both men wear the traditional hair style knot with skewer, and earrings metal rings hanging from wooden discs in the lobes, : the younger man, in front, wears a shawl that was not...
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Nyishi men performing a ritual [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
These Nyishi men are sitting on a house porch and chanting during a ritual, probably a mithun bos frontalis, sacrifice : Both men wear the traditional hair style knot with skewer, and earrings metal rings hanging from wooden discs in the lobes, : the younger man, in front, wears a shawl that was not made locally : the older man, behind, is most likely a shaman : He wears the typical cane hat with hornbill beak and eagle hornbill or chicken, feather : He also holds a piece of bamboo, decorated by shaving one end, which is used to gesture while chanting : this event probably took place in the Nyishi village of Jorum, not far from the Apatani valley. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1978, 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. |