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- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOADI04256/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- These Apatani men and boys are taking part in a ritual known as ropi : In imitation of warriors, the men wear shoulder armour cum-rain coat, made of blackened fibres of the sago palm, a cane hat and ceremonial shawl or jacket, in the case of the man in the centre, : they also carry spears, as well as the everyday machete, as they process around the ritual platform, on which onlookers have gathered : this ritual is performed in order to prevent retaliation by the soul of one's dead enemy and his ancestors : In the past, the hand of the killed enemy was brought to the ritual hut not visible, where it was burned : today, and in the past, it is also performed when certain animals are killed, particularly a jungle cat : apatanis believe that, in the world of ancestors and spirits, this animal is closely allied to humans : as with humans, the ritual is intended to prevent retaliation by the animal's soul and ancestors. ( 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 between 19780301 and 19780430
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- Other designation of photograph: 706/20A-21/1978 Apa Tanis- ropi
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- Original Container: BW Negatives Box V
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- Haimendorf's reference: 706_20A-21_1978 Apa Tanis- ropi,
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- Ropi is an Apatani ritual in which men imitate warriors. This ritual is performed in order to prevent retaliation by the soul of one's dead enemy and his ancestors.
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- BW Negatives Box V
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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.
- General Note:
- 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:
- © 1978, 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/1258 ( SOAS manuscript number )
706_20A-21_1978 Apa Tanis- ropi, ( Haimendorf reference )
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