Apatani woman weaving in a Nyishi settlement
This Apatani woman is weaving in Talo, a Nyishi village only 10 kilometres and a four-hour walk from the Apatani valley : In the centre, her head turned, a Nyishi woman assists the weaver by guiding the thread : to the left, head bowed, another Apatani woman, assisted by another Nyishi woman, is set...
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Apatani woman weaving in a Nyishi settlement [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1945.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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This Apatani woman is weaving in Talo, a Nyishi village only 10 kilometres and a four-hour walk from the Apatani valley : In the centre, her head turned, a Nyishi woman assists the weaver by guiding the thread : to the left, head bowed, another Apatani woman, assisted by another Nyishi woman, is setting up to weave : apatani women often spent several weeks in nearby Nyishi settlements, where they wove textiles for their hosts in return for raw cotton, which they took back to the Apatani valley for weaving there : Nyishis cultivated cotton, and Apatanis were the better weavers : Backstrap weaving, shown here, is the traditional method among Apatanis and is still practised : this backstrap method limits the width of any single woven piece, so that wide garments, such as shawls and skirts, require two or three pieces sewn together : Nyishis wove very little and not well, which might account in part for the interest shown in this woman's craft. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1945.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1945, 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 -- Talo. |