Two Apatani men with metal plates

Standing on a porch, these Apatani men hold metal plates : Plates like these were invested with great value by Apatanis, who used them in payment of debts, land and animal purchases, as well as marriage negotiations and feud settlements : Struck with a stick during a procession in a major festival,...

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Full title: Two Apatani men with metal plates [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1962.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: Standing on a porch, these Apatani men hold metal plates : Plates like these were invested with great value by Apatanis, who used them in payment of debts, land and animal purchases, as well as marriage negotiations and feud settlements : Struck with a stick during a procession in a major festival, they are also the only musical instrument played by Apatanis : Some plates were traded down from Tibet, which gave them prestige, but others were made and traded up from Assam : two special plates play a key role in the foundational story of the Apatani valley, and even today people claim that they possess those historical plates : the two plates shown here may well be claimed to be those historical plates.
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.