Paying porters with salt in the Apatani valley
Betty von Furer-Haimendorf, sitting on the left, is supervising the payment of salt as wages to Apatani and Nyishi porters. The man on the right, weighing the salt, is a Nyishi. By the 1940s, salt was obtained in trade from Assam, although Apatanis also produced their own local variety (tapyo) from...
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Paying porters with salt in the Apatani valley [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
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| Summary: |
Betty von Furer-Haimendorf, sitting on the left, is supervising the payment of salt as wages to Apatani and Nyishi porters. The man on the right, weighing the salt, is a Nyishi. By the 1940s, salt was obtained in trade from Assam, although Apatanis also produced their own local variety (tapyo) from reeds and ash. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
| Access: |
© 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. |
| Place of Publication: |
India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani valley. |