Apatani men working in a paddy field

These Apatani men are using wooden-handled and metal-tipped hoes to turn the soil in a paddy field : these valued tools, one of the very few used by Apatanis in wet-rice cultivation, came mostly from Assam, although some were made by Apatani blacksmiths from iron brought up from Assam : this is one...

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Full title: Apatani men working in a paddy field [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: These Apatani men are using wooden-handled and metal-tipped hoes to turn the soil in a paddy field : these valued tools, one of the very few used by Apatanis in wet-rice cultivation, came mostly from Assam, although some were made by Apatani blacksmiths from iron brought up from Assam : this is one of the high-lying fields in which the soil hardens and must be loosened with the hoe, prior to flooding in April or May.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1944, 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.