Portrait of a young Apatani couple
This young Apatani couple have adopted modern dress and hair style : She the owner of a pharmacy, wears an Indian sari and a shawl that is not local in production : Nor does she wear the nose plugs and facial tattoos that were traditional but banned by the Apatani Student Association a few years bef...
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Portrait of a young Apatani couple [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: |
This young Apatani couple have adopted modern dress and hair style : She the owner of a pharmacy, wears an Indian sari and a shawl that is not local in production : Nor does she wear the nose plugs and facial tattoos that were traditional but banned by the Apatani Student Association a few years before this photograph was taken : He Kuru Hasang, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, does not have the tattoo mark on the chin that his father would have had : this photograph was taken on the hill near Hapoli where the Circuit House was built. |
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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. |