Gathering inside an Apatani house
Apatanis live in nuclear families and narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres, although front and back porches add to the living and working space : Here we see a gathering that is probably a nuclear family plus adult female relatives and children : the man, with his mug of rice beer and cat, is probab...
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Gathering inside an Apatani house [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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| Summary: |
Apatanis live in nuclear families and narrow houses approx : 12 x 4 metres, although front and back porches add to the living and working space : Here we see a gathering that is probably a nuclear family plus adult female relatives and children : the man, with his mug of rice beer and cat, is probably the husband of the woman behind him : On the rack above the hearth firewood is drying : a second hearth, typically the ritual and male space, is burning in the background. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1978.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
| Access: |
© 1978, 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. |