IDNO

P.91034.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Barga, N. Manchuria 1931.
Omul Ail, Dagur S. Village.
44. Dagur cradle and 3 months baby from [sic back] of cradle. 19/7.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.10943.ACH1: Dagur mother holding cradle.
Most of the Dagur of Manchuria live along the Nonni R., where for over 2 1/2 centuries they have been the chief, almost the sole, traders dealing with the Numinchen and other Khingan Tungus tribes.

On Folder for P.10942.ACH1 - P.10943.ACH1: Two photographs of a Dagur cradle taken at Omul-ail, a Dagur settlement south of Hailar. The Dagur cradle is very much like the Numinchen, which I believe to derive from the former. The bulk of the Dagur population of Manchuira lives along the Nonni river, where for over two and a half centuries they have been the chief, almost the sole, traders dealing with the Numinchen and other Khingan Tungus tribes.
EJL 1934.

There is some decoration at the back of the cradle, normally it's made from the small ribs of lambs and on the top, it's suede. The upper design is an auspicious pattern (Naires). This cradle is called a 'Darde'. [Dagur language]
[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]
This woman is called Pingrui. Oscar Mamen gave Pingrui a copy of her photo in 1931, and this print is still in the family in Omul Ail. [Information by Huijun Meng, JD 7/15/2015]

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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.