Apatani potter
This woman, sitting on a house porch, is one of the few Apatanis who used to make pots : In the 1940s, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf found potters in only two villages Michi Bamin and Hong, and that in one Michi Bamin, they were women from four high-status clans : this craft was not developed by A...
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Apatani potter [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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This woman, sitting on a house porch, is one of the few Apatanis who used to make pots : In the 1940s, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf found potters in only two villages Michi Bamin and Hong, and that in one Michi Bamin, they were women from four high-status clans : this craft was not developed by Apatanis because they mostly obtained superior pots from Nyishis by trading rice : apatanis and Nyishis made pots the same way, by hollowing out a lump of clay, holding a stone against the inside and shaping it with a wooden baton, as we see here : By the 1980s, pot-making had disappeared in the Apatani valley, and most Apatanis bought metal vessels in the bazaar. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 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. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Michi Bamin -- Apatani River valley. |