Apatani shaman chanting before a mithun sacrifice
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Title:
Apatani shaman chanting before a mithun sacrifice
Creator:
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( Photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
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[S.l.]
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English
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Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Eastman Kodak : Super XX ( medium )

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Abstract:
This is Chige Nyime, an Apatani shaman, chanting to a mithun before it is sacrificed : the animal had been given to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf by a Nyishi as a gift : He then decided to have it sacrificed for the benefit of those Apatani warriors who were to accompany him and a few Assam Rifles, on a punitive expedition against the Nyishis of Licha : He described this scene in his diary: 'A few days ago a Dafla Nyishi : brought a mithan calf as a present and on the eve of our departure for Licha we gave the mithan to be sacrificed and eaten by the men coming with us to Licha : Chigi Nime took it to the sacrificial place near our camp and there for long sic : invoked the gods lunging again and again at the beast with his long dao machete : : at last the mithan was killed by Nime and other Apa Tanis helped with their dao in cutting up the meat for the Apa Tanis and Daflas who assemble or are expected to assemble, tonight in our camp.' Early the next morning, the expedition set out from the Apatani valley toward Licha. ( 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 19441212
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Other designation of photograph: 175/3/Apa Tanis DutaBage Llich
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Original Container: BW Negatives Box III
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For descriptive reference, see: PP MS 19, Diary, p. 60; For descriptive reference, see: Fürer-Haimendorf, Christophe von. 1955. , photograph facing p. 114
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Haimendorf's reference: 175_3_Apa Tanis, Duta-Bage Llich
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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

Record Information

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/0536 ( SOAS manuscript number )
175_3_Apa Tanis, Duta-Bage Llich ( Haimendorf reference )