Traditional paper-making in Maharashtra

Material Information

Title:
Traditional paper-making in Maharashtra
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:
Language:
English
Materials:
Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg AGFA ISOPAN F ( medium )

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Papermaking ( LCSH )
Maratha (Indic people) ( LCSH )
Genre:
Maratha ( Ethnicity )
மராத்தா ( Ethnicity )
मराठा ( Ethnicity )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Maharashtra -- Aurangabad District
Coordinates:
19.91667 x 75.33333

Notes

Abstract:
This man and girl are engaged in making paper, probably somewhere in the town of Aurangabad or possibly in nearby Daulatabad, which had been a centre of paper-making for centuries. Here they appear to be pressing a finished sheet on a wooden surface perhaps to flatten it. As elsewhere, paper-making in India, which began in the 15th century, followed several stages. Sheets of paper were formed on a floating mould. A wooden frame or web was floated over water, which covered the base of the mould. Pulp was added to the mould and spread evenly over its surface. The mould was then lifted up horizontally leaving the fibres flat. The sheet had to be dried and this was traditionally done by leaving the sheet outside in the sun. ( 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:
Haimendorf's original image reference number: 5_16_Aurangabad
General Note:
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- மகாராட்டிரம்
General Note:
ఆసియా -- భారతదేశం -- మహారాష్ట్ర
General Note:
ආසියානු -- ඉන්දියාව -- මහාරාෂ්ට්ර
General Note:
एशिया -- भारत -- महाराष्ट्र
General Note:
Ethnologue does not list the Maratha. They are listed by Wikipedia however.
General Note:
This photograph was taken between 1939 September 01 and 1939 December 31
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 109126398
General Note:
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General Note:
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General Note:
Digitised from: 35mm B&W neg AGFA ISOPAN F
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:
© 1939, 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/MARA/0106 ( SOAS Archives catalog number )