Portrait of a Nyishi man

Material Information

Title:
Portrait of a Nyishi man
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.]
Publication Date:
Materials:
Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Kodak Panchromatic Safety Film Super XX ( medium )

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Dafla (Indic people) ( LCSH )
Genre:
Nyishi ( Ethnicity )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District
Coordinates:
27.8 x 93.6

Notes

Abstract:
This Nyishi man wears the typical cane hat with his hair tied in a large knot and secured with a skewer in front. His wrist guard, string of glass bead necklaces, wooden disc in the ear lobe (from which a metal loop hangs), long machete in a scabbard and cane belt (just visible) were also standard fare at the time. ( en )
General Note:
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.
General Note:
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- Arunachal Pradesh
General Note:
ఆసియా -- భారతదేశం -- Arunachal Pradesh
General Note:
ආසියානු -- ඉන්දියාව -- Arunachal Pradesh
General Note:
एशिया -- भारत -- Arunachal Pradesh
General Note:
Library of Congress subject headings list the Nyishi as the Dafla people. Ethnologue gives Dafla as an alternate name for the Nyishi. Haimendorf's indexers preferred the name Nyishi.
General Note:
This photograph was taken between 1944 April 05 and 1945 April 05
General Note:
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 109126823
General Note:
This item is protected by copyright. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office.
General Note:
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General Note:
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General Note:
Haimendorf's original image reference number: 69_35_Gadaba dances
General Note:
Digitised from: 35mm B&W neg Kodak Panchromatic Safety Film Super XX
General Note:
Funded in the United Kingdom by JISC

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
© 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.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 19/6/GADA/0156 ( SOAS Archives catalog number )