Two Apatani men and a boy standing near Fürer-Haimendorf's camp

These two Apatani men and a boy are standing near Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's camp site in the Apatani valley : all three wear their hair in the traditional fashion, twisted into a knot secured with a metal skewer : they also wear the typical red cane belt and cotton penis cover : the boy...

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Full title: Two Apatani men and a boy standing near Fürer-Haimendorf's camp [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: These two Apatani men and a boy are standing near Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's camp site in the Apatani valley : all three wear their hair in the traditional fashion, twisted into a knot secured with a metal skewer : they also wear the typical red cane belt and cotton penis cover : the boy in the background wears the traditional string of metal beads on the hair line : the man on the left, who seems to be demonstrating something for the camera, wears a rain shield on his back : Made of bamboo and cane, it has a ‘shelf’ that can be used for carrying loads as well as flipped up to cover the head when it rains : Hanging from the neck of the man on the right we can see the small knife carried by most Apatani men, which complements the machete they also carry : In this image only the boy in the centre carries a machete.
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 -- Apatani River valley.