Landscape with a Hill Miri settlement in the Kamla River valley
This is a Hill Miri settlement somewhere in the lower Kamla River valley : the longhouses contain several hearths, one for each wife in a polygynous family : the smaller structures are granaries : Land around the settlement and on the surrounding hills has been cleared for shifting cultivation : Lik...
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Landscape with a Hill Miri settlement in the Kamla River valley [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1980.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
This is a Hill Miri settlement somewhere in the lower Kamla River valley : the longhouses contain several hearths, one for each wife in a polygynous family : the smaller structures are granaries : Land around the settlement and on the surrounding hills has been cleared for shifting cultivation : Like most houses in the region, these are built primarily with bamboo, hardwood poles and thatch on the roof : the road to this settlement is recent. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1980.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Access: |
© 1980, 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 -- Kamala River valley. |