IDNO

LS.78972.NKC

Description

On list pasted inside lid of box C377/ the description relating to slide 14 mentions:
"Dog sacrifice (? Yurak)" [manuscript in ink]

Sacrifice of five dogs, probably made in early spring to ensure the success of the new hunting season. The dogs are hung from poles stuck in the snow in front of a probably Koryak semi-dugout house with the ground covered in snow. [JD 22/08/2022]

Place

?N Asia; N Europe; ?Russia; Siberia; ?Kamchatka; ?Caspian steppes; ?Republic of Kalmykia

Cultural Affliation

?Coastal Koryak; ?Samoyed-Yurak

Named Person

Photographer

?Czaplicka, Maria Antonina

Collector / Expedition

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw

Date

circa ?1890

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 "?Asia; ?America", but Yurak probably refers to Yurak-Samoyed from Siberia. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 26/06/2019]

Place and Cultural Affiliation: The Place and Cultural Affiliation fields were previously recorded as being "?C Asia; N Europe; ?Russia; ?Siberia; ?Caspian steppes; ?Republic of Kalmykia", and "?Samoyed-Yurak", but matching this image to a a photograph by Maria Czaplicka athe Pitt Rivers Museum, which shows a similiar scene and possibly the same rectangular structure in the background suggests the photograph probably relates to Coastal Koryak from Kamchatka, Siberia. The Place and Cultural Affiliation fields have been amended accordingly. [From knowledge exchange visit organised by Eleanor Peers, Scott Polar Museum, Cambridge, JD 17/08/2022]

Related Image: Similar image in the collections of Pitt Rivers Museum, reference 1998.259.21.1, with the following information: "Photographer: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka [Maria Antonina Czaplicka] ?
Date of Photo: 1890 circa
Continent: Europe
Geographical Area: Central and Eastern Europe
Country: Russia
Region/Place: Siberia; Kamchatka
Cultural Group: Coastal Koryak
Format: Print Black & White
Size: 115 x 166 mm
Acquisition: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka - Donated
Description: Sacrifice of nearly a whole team of dogs, made in early spring to ensure the success of the new hunting season. The dogs are hung from poles stuck in the snow in front of a Koryak semi-dugout house - the winter (X)
Research Publication: See Edwards, E. and L. Williamson, World on a Glass Plate: Early Anthropological Photographs from the Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, 1981, p 19.
Image Content - Dwelling Of The Coastal Koryaks. The House Is Built On A Pit Reinforced With Vertical Logs Rising To Form An Octagonal Roof. The Roof Has A Large Funnel-shaped Opening In The Centre, This Is Supported By Poles. The Opening Serves As A Smoke Vent, Window And Winter Entrance, The Funnel Shape Protecting It From The Effects Of Drifting Snow.
" [Source:

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]

Biographical Information: "Nora Kershaw Chadwick CBE FSA FBA (28 January 1891 – 24 April 1972) was an English philologist who specialized in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Old Norse studies. [Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_K._Chadwick, JD 17/08/2022]

Related Archive: A collection of papers and manuscripts by Hector and Nora Chadwick is also held at the Cambridge University Library, see https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/7549 [JD 17/08/2022]