Portrait of two young Apatani men
These two young Apatani men, standing in a dry paddy field, are from the Apatani village of Michi Bamin : they both have the traditional male tattoo mark on the chin : Both also wear the traditional hair style knot with skewers, string of metal beads on the hair line, woven cotton and wool shawl, ca...
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Portrait of two young Apatani men [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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| Summary: |
These two young Apatani men, standing in a dry paddy field, are from the Apatani village of Michi Bamin : they both have the traditional male tattoo mark on the chin : Both also wear the traditional hair style knot with skewers, string of metal beads on the hair line, woven cotton and wool shawl, cane belt and cloth penis cover : the man on the left wears the traditional bands of cane below the knee and has an unusual decoration a metal key, two rows of ceramic beads and a pair of jungle cat teeth, hanging from one of the skewers in his hair. |
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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. |
| Place of Publication: |
India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |