Portrait of a Nyishi man
This portrait of a Nyishi man was taken near Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's camp site in the Apatani valley : He is Jorum Tacho, an influential man from the nearby Nyishi village of Jorum : Bringing gifts of rice-beer highly valued by Apatanis, chickens and eggs, he explained that a British...
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Portrait of a Nyishi man [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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This portrait of a Nyishi man was taken near Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's camp site in the Apatani valley : He is Jorum Tacho, an influential man from the nearby Nyishi village of Jorum : Bringing gifts of rice-beer highly valued by Apatanis, chickens and eggs, he explained that a British officer, in 1926, had given him a piece of paper to present to any official : Unfortunately, the paper got burnt and he had come now to get another, similar document : He wears the typical cane hat, elaborate hair knot with skewer, metal string of beads on the hair line and metal loops hanging from wooden discs in his ear lobes : He also carries a machete with a cane-mesh handle : all of this might be seen on an Apatani man, too : Only the wooden ear plug with metal loop and style of hair knot are more distinctly Nyishi. |
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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 -- Apatani River valley. |