Apatani medical treatment

On this porch, several Apatanis are being treated by blood suction : Incisions are made in the skin usually face, hands or legs, and then bamboo pieces and/or serow horns are attached : the serow is a goat-like animal Capricornis thar, found in the eastern Himalayas : the woman in front has several...

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Full title: Apatani medical treatment [electronic resource] English.
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Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1962.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: On this porch, several Apatanis are being treated by blood suction : Incisions are made in the skin usually face, hands or legs, and then bamboo pieces and/or serow horns are attached : the serow is a goat-like animal Capricornis thar, found in the eastern Himalayas : the woman in front has several horns and bamboo tubes on her legs : the man in the back has tubes on his knee, and the woman between them has one on her nose : the bamboo tubes are first treated with a honey wax seal : a few tubes are sitting in that mixture in the small wooden container in the centre.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1962.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1962, 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.