Apatani women transplanting millet on a paddy field bund

Apatanis cultivate millet by an unusual method : they first sow seeds in a nursery bed, like rice, and then transplant it to dry ground, including bunds of the paddy fields, as in this photograph : the woman in the foreground makes a hole in the bund with her stick, and the other woman places the se...

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Full title: Apatani women transplanting millet on a paddy field bund [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: Apatanis cultivate millet by an unusual method : they first sow seeds in a nursery bed, like rice, and then transplant it to dry ground, including bunds of the paddy fields, as in this photograph : the woman in the foreground makes a hole in the bund with her stick, and the other woman places the seedling in it.
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.