Picking tea in a tea garden in Assam
These women are picking tea in one of the many gardens near North Lakhimpur and the foothills, along the route that Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf took when trekking back and forth between Assam and the Apatani valley : Since the mid-nineteenth century, most workers in these gardens have been triba...
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Picking tea in a tea garden in Assam [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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These women are picking tea in one of the many gardens near North Lakhimpur and the foothills, along the route that Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf took when trekking back and forth between Assam and the Apatani valley : Since the mid-nineteenth century, most workers in these gardens have been tribal men and women from Orissa, who now number more than a million. |
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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 -- Assam -- Lakhimpur District. |