IDNO

P.90936.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Baying Hosho (Solon) Obo festival.
Barga, N.W. Manchuria, 1931.
45. Champion Dagur wrestler. 22/6.

There are different titles for the champion wrestlers such as Arslan (lion), Bar (tiger), Gardi (phoenix), Jaan (elephant), Nachin (falcon), Börguö (eagle), Buha (bull) etc.. Above these titles there are some modifying titles like Aburgu (great).
Photo: Oscar Mamen: 22 June 1931. [U. Borjigin, 7/10/2002]

There was a famous Daur wrestler called 'Gulege' from the 1930s, and this may be him. [Information by Huijun Meng, Education Department, Ewenke, JD 17/4/2015]

People call this man 'Gu buku' or 'Anban'ni buku', Buku means Wrestler, and he had the best wrestling skills at that time. He is Guifu Anben (Vice-general) hired wrestler, his given name is Gulege, family name is Meredeng. His father's name is Zhenggou.
[Information by Huijun Meng, Sudure Mani, his 85 year old grandmother and her friend, Dambu, former Director of Huhhot Steel Factory and 80 years old, JD 15/5/2015]

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.