Apatani woman weaving near a Nyishi house
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Title:
Apatani woman weaving near a Nyishi house
Creator:
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( Photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
[S.l.]
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Language:
English
Materials:
Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Eastman Kodak : Panatomic ( medium )

Notes

Abstract:
Apatani women often spent several weeks in nearby Nyishi settlements, where they wove textiles for their hosts in return for raw cotton, which they took back to the Apatani valley for weaving there : Nyishis cultivated cotton, but Apatanis were the better weavers : this woman is weaving in the traditional and still practised method of weaving among Apatanis : this backstrap style limits the width of any single woven piece, so that wide garments, such as shawls and skirts, required two or three pieces sewn together : Most Nyishi houses vary in length from about 15 to 25 metres; and most are approximately 6 to 8 metres wide : they typically contain several hearths, one for each family or each wife in a polygynous marriage : Front and back porches increase the area in which people can work or relax during dry or warm weather : this Nyishi longhouse is probably in Jorum, only one day's walk from the Apatani valley : and it may belong to Jorum Kamin, whom Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf visited on his trip from Assam to the Apatani valley in November 1944 : Jorum Kamin's house, with 8 hearths, was one of the largest that Fürer-Haimendorf had seen. ( en )
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Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna, gaining a PhD in anthropology from the University of Vienna in 1931. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to study at the London School of Economics, under the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, he went to the Naga Hills in northeast India for his first fieldwork; over the next four decades, he worked extensively in south & central India, northeast India and Nepal. In 1950 he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, where he established the Department of Anthropology. During his career, he published seventeen books, most of them ethnographies of tribal cultures. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1975-77) and a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology.
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This scene was photographed on or approximate to 19441101
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Other designation of photograph: 172/blank/Apa Tani Nishi TaloJo
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Original Container: BW Negatives Box III
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For descriptive reference, see: PP MS 19, Diary, p. 51
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Haimendorf's reference: 172_blank_Apa Tani Nishi Talo/Jo
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BW Negatives Box III
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Funded in the United Kingdom by JISC
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SOAS name authority for "Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist" is GB/NNAF/P146323.
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VIAF (name authority) : Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 : record number 109123273

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Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
© 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.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 19/6/APA/0453 ( SOAS manuscript number )
172_blank_Apa Tani Nishi Talo/Jo ( Haimendorf reference )