IDNO

P.91013.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: During Shaman performance at Omul Ail, Barga, Manchuria 1931.
23. Ör Saman (left) Gui Saman (right). 7/7.

Gui shaman is an Ewenke (Solon). He is from Mekertu (now called Bayinchagang), his son's name is Mingtai.
Ao (Ör) shaman's family name is Guobule Mannaqian, the same family with Guobule Wan Rong (last Queen in China, the Last Emperor Henry Pu Yi's wife). Ao (Ör) shaman's son's name is Aorgiebu. Aorgiebu was a famous musician in Inner Mongolia.
[Information by Huijun Meng, 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; Evenki Banner; Omul Ail; Nantun [North west Manchuria; Barga Region]

Cultural Affliation

Daur [historically Dagur]; Evenki [historically Reindeer Tungus]; Solon

Named Person

Ör Shaman; Gui Shaman; Mingtai; Guobule Mannaqian; Guobule Wan Rong; Last Emperor Henry Pu Yi; Aorgiebu

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.