IDNO

P.90934.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Baying Hosho (Solon) Obo festival.
Barga, N.W. Manchuria, 1931.
43. The Amban’s winning pony. 22/6.

“At dawn more than 50 youthful jockeys had set out for the starting point, over 15 miles away. An excited crowd now greets the winning horse - although it is almost certain to be one of the Amban’s many entries. Once a humble Daur’s horse was in the lead, but the Amban bought it before the end of the race.” The horse race at Solon Obo was before the offering of the Obo and wrestling was after the offering. [U. Borjigin, 30/9/2002]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulun Buir; Hailar; Bayan Khoshu Obo [North west Manchuria; Barga]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

Lindgren, Ethel John [Expedition to Northwest Manchuria, 1931]

Date

22 June 1931

Collection Name

Lindgren Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.90920.LIN to P.91196.LIN and P.65858.LIN to P.65861.LIN are in the album now numbered A.113.LIN. The prints correspond to negatives from A.7.LIN, A.8.LIN, A.9.LIN, A.27.LIN, and a typed list describing the negatives for the prints in this album was found in this album. This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16. It reads: “Visitors may accompany the herdsman on his daily check of Britain’s only Herd of Reindeer. Departure at 11a.m from REINDEER HOUSE, a stone building above the Ski Road, just beyond the Glenmore Camp site, near Aviemore, Inverness-shire.
Adults 50p Children 30p
M. N. P. UTSI
Managing Director
Reindeer Company Ltd
Telephone: Cairngorm 228” [printed text]

A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.