IDNO

LS.78959.NKC

Description

On list pasted inside lid of box C377/ the description relating to slide 1 mentions:
"Buryat Shaman" [manuscript in ink]

Portrait of a Buryat shaman holding a large round drum with a face carved in the struts at the back. The man is wearing an elaborate hat with cowrie shells at the front and fur? tassels? at the back, and a fur coat with at least twenty-one bells attached. [JD 17/08/2022]

Place

N Asia; ?Russia; ?Siberia; ?Trans-Baikal Region

Cultural Affliation

Buryat

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw

Date

Collection Name

Chadwick Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.78959.NKC to LS.79001.NKC were found in wooden box now numbered C377/.

The list describing individual slides is pasted to the inside lid of the box C377/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "E Asia; ?China; ?Nei Mongol Zizhiqu (Inner Mongolia); [North west Manchuria]", but based on Chadwick's publications, this photo more likely relates to Buryat communiteis in siberia. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 26/06/2019]

Bibliographical Reference: Chadwick, N.K., 1946. The Beginnings of Russian History an Enquiry into Sources
(Cambridge University Press). [Full text available on https://archive.org/details/beginningsofruss035158mbp/page/n8, JD 26/06/2019]

Bibliographical Reference: Chadwick, N., & Zhirmunskiĭ, V. (1969). Oral epics of Central Asia / Nora K. Chadwick and Victor Zhirmunsky. Cambridge: University Press. [JD 26/06/2019]