IDNO

P.91033.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Barga, N. Manchuria 1931.
Omul Ail, Dagur S. Village.
43. Dagur cradle and 3 months baby. 19/7.

Usually a cradle is hung from a special rod put up above with ropes. There are a string of eighteen beads and two special nuts (called zhang gu in Horchin) at each side of the upper part of the cradle. [U. Borjigin 27/5/2002]

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

Pingrui

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.