Rice fields and a house in upland Kerala

The terraced rice fields in the foreground lead to the gateway to home, with tiled roof and several floors. This is probably a Nayar compound. The Nayars were traditionally matrilineal, and the traditional Nayar household consisted of all the matrilineally related kin, male and female, descended fro...

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Full title: Rice fields and a house in upland Kerala [electronic resource] English.
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Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1953.
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Summary: The terraced rice fields in the foreground lead to the gateway to home, with tiled roof and several floors. This is probably a Nayar compound. The Nayars were traditionally matrilineal, and the traditional Nayar household consisted of all the matrilineally related kin, male and female, descended from a common female ancestor, living in one large house and compound.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1953.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
ASC.
REGIONS.
FORMATS.
PHOTOS.
RSEA.
FURER.
ILOA.
Access: © 1953, 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 -- Kerala -- Idukki District.