House building in an Apatani village
This photograph, of a house being rebuilt after a fire, reveals the structure of a typical Apatani house : Bamboo poles are used for the frame and floors, while split, flattened bamboo pieces are used for the walls : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf described the fire that burnt down this house and o...
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House building in an Apatani village [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. |
| Subjects: |
Asia
-- India
-- Arunachal Pradesh
-- Lower Subansiri District
-- Ziro Tehsil
-- Hija
-- Apatani River valley.
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| Summary: |
This photograph, of a house being rebuilt after a fire, reveals the structure of a typical Apatani house : Bamboo poles are used for the frame and floors, while split, flattened bamboo pieces are used for the walls : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf described the fire that burnt down this house and others in Hija village, near his own camp site: '10 pm : I heard peculiar and ominous shouts and cries and saw from my veranda the fields alive with torches moving towards our camp : then I saw that red smoke was rising from Haja and realised that the village was on fire : For a moment I was anxious, thinking that in the confusion we might be blamed for the fire, having threatened to burn granaries as punishment for non co-operation in supplying porters :, but I soon saw that the men with torches were running from other villages toward Haja : the fire grew, exploding bamboos cracked, and huge flames shot into the sky : I thought the village with its crowded streets doomed and had already the worst forebodings for the progress of our work if a village of 600 houses had to be rebuilt.' As he explained, however, the damage was limited to only three burned houses owing to the speed with which Apatanis cut down the surrounding houses and poured water on the flames and ashes. |
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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 -- Hija -- Apatani River valley. |