IDNO

D.78587.LIN

Description

Four drawings of an Oräwun (Shaman's wapiti or elk call), collected by Ethel Lindgren during her Northwest Manchuria expedition, 1931 - 1932.
The Oräwun is now in the care of MAA, reference 1937.813, and described as: "'Call used by hunters to imitate wapiti + elk males in rutting season.'
Manchuria; Barga River
Evenki [Reindeer Tungus]
Collected by Dr Ethel John Lindgren in 1929 in northern Barga. Gift from Kaigordov, Cossack trader of Chu-êrh-kan-hê, Barqa.
Note by Lindgren on catalogue card for 1937.813: 'Used to imitate male wapiti & elk in the rutting season. When the stag or elk bull approaches believing it to be a rival, the hunter rubs the call against a tree to imitate the rubbing of antlers, then when the animals close wrongly shoots. The 'call' is made to emit two notes, & a rising 'glide' between the two, by a sharp inhaling of the breath at the mouthpiece, when it is desired to call a wapiti; while by 'talking' into the wider end it is said to be possible to 'call' an elk. The drawings are said to indicate that the 'call' has been successful in leading to the killing of a wapiti, the date indicating the occasion. Further, a shaman usually decorates all his possessions, & this call belonged to one'."

Place

E Asia; China; ?Inner Mongolia [North west Manchuria]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Himus, A.C. (Mr) [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Lindgren, Ethel John

Date

Collection Name

Lindgren Collection

Source

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

D.78577.LIN to D.78582.LIN and D.78586.LIN to D.78587 were found inside folder now numbered C366/.