IDNO

P.91004.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: During Shaman performance at Omul Ail, Barga, Manchuria 1931.
14. Khoange [Huangge] Shaman, sitting in front of yurt.”

Huangge (1900-1976 ) was born in the Gobool clan into an aristocratic family which was described as ‘not only the number one among the Daurs of Hulun Buir but among all the Mongols in general.’ She was the most revered of all Daur Shamans of her time(Humphrey with Onon,1996:.188). “Once a year Huangge, the most famous shamaness in Barga, gathers a new spiritual strength at an important ceremony”. This important ceremony should be the “ominan” described in the “Shamans and Elder” ( Humphrey with Onon 1996, p.237). Her dress was more complete and attractive than those of other because she was from a wealthy family. Her head-dress has “six pronged antlers”. Between the antlers, there is a “copper-coloured bird with outstretched wings, which tilt forwards and downwards” ... “many silk cloths and xadaks tied to the antlers, of various colours: white, blue, red and green”. She is wearing a collar on which there are over 85 shells on each side at the front. There are six epaulettes on each side on the collar of which the upper ones are shorter and black, the lower ones are longer and red and all are embroidered. Her main dress is made of tanned skin with a chamois finish. It weighs more than 40lbs. There is a rope of braided skin ending in a long leather tassel. These tassels were clutched by the shamaness during the performance. She is wearing 30 mirrors each side and altogether 60 and many closed mouth typed bells and open type ones. A large tooth (probably boar’s) on each side of the breast of her costume. Two deer and two cranes are embroidered on the rectangular piece at the top of the tail with twelve long and twelve short streamers, and a series of animals is embroidered on the end of the long streamers. The three of the animals which Doctor Lindgren was able to identify correspond to those of the Duodenary Cycle. Her drum is covered with goat skin. The drumstick have a roe-deer skin covering. She has cymbals which were not popular. A large copper cash was hanging from the shoulder of her but Lindgren said she had never seen a necklace of her. [U. Borjigin 10/2/2002]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulun Buir; Evenki Banner; Omul Ail; Nantun [North west Manchuria; Barga Region]

Cultural Affliation

Daur [historically Dagur]

Named Person

Huange [Khuange] Shaman

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

7 July 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.