Prominent Apatanis near an airplane
When Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf visited the Apatani valley in 1962, he arrived by Dakota airplane from Jorhat in Assam : an airstrip had been built in the flat paddy fields in the mid 1950s and was used to supply the government officers and soldiers posted there with food and other necessities...
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Prominent Apatanis near an airplane [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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When Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf visited the Apatani valley in 1962, he arrived by Dakota airplane from Jorhat in Assam : an airstrip had been built in the flat paddy fields in the mid 1950s and was used to supply the government officers and soldiers posted there with food and other necessities : the government buildings are visible in the background : In the foreground are two prominent Apatanis : Both men have the traditional small knife hung around the neck, and both wear 'modern' hats and the red jackets given by the government to 'village headmen.' Nani Sala right, was one of the most powerful political leaders among Apatanis in the mid-twentieth century : His scarf, while new in form and shape, is handwoven with the distinctly Apatani diamond design : Kago Bida left, who was a shaman and also an influential man of the period, wears his hair with the traditional knot and skewer and string of metal beads on the hair line : He was especially close to Fürer-Haimendorf during his first visit in the 1940s. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1962.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 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. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |