IDNO

P.90960.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Barga, N.W. Manchuria, 1931.
Erection festival of Baying Khan Obo at Taban Tologoi.
70. Do [Ditto] The Buriat Ogurda, Galda, old Ogurda, etc. 27/6.

Buryat Ugurda is Mideg-in Mijid who is the first from left in the front. Mijid was appointed as the head of the Buryat Banner in 1924.
The man at the right next to Mijid is Jamsaran-u Ayushi who was appointed as Galda for the left wing of sums when the Buryat Banner was expended in 1929. Next to him at right is Shoimpol-in Dashi who was appointed as galda for right wing of sums. The little boy at the left is Sewangjab, the little girl in front of Ayushi is his daughter Sendejab and the man at left behind is Namdag-in Babuu, Tugurlderuv’s grandson. [U. Borjigin, 27/5/2002]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulun Buir; Taban Tologoi; Bayan Khan Obo [North west Manchuria; Barga Region]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.