Portrait of a young Apatani woman
Although this young Apatani woman wears a store-bought shawl, she has the traditional nose plugs and facial tattoos : at about age five or six, tattoo lines were made by pricking the skin with thorns and then rubbing in a mixture of coal black and cooking oil : One line was drawn from forehead to th...
| Full title: |
Portrait of a young Apatani woman [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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