Portrait of a Nyishi woman
This Nyishi woman wears her hair in typical fashion and wears standard wooden plugs in her ear lobes with crude metal hoops. What is unusual is her facial tattoo, a criss-crossing pattern runing from her ear to the edge of her mouth.
| Full title: |
Portrait of a Nyishi woman [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944-1945.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
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| Online access: |
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| Summary: |
This Nyishi woman wears her hair in typical fashion and wears standard wooden plugs in her ear lobes with crude metal hoops. What is unusual is her facial tattoo, a criss-crossing pattern runing from her ear to the edge of her mouth. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944-1945.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. PHOTOS. RSEA. FURER. ILOA. |
| Access: |
© 1944-1945, 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. |