IDNO

P.91045.LIN

Description

On Mamen’s listing: Barga, N. Manchuria 1931.
Bondur Bogdo’s Festival of the Hailar Obo. Sept. 30th 1931.
55. String of flags ready to be put up. 30/9.

On Mamen’s listing: “String of flags ready to be put up, lamas, Tibetan soldiers, Mongolian soldiers, officials and other people, small oboos, Panchen Bogdo’s yellow Buick car, the white horse being dedicated to God, can never thereafter be ridden. At left end, is Lama’s tent with silk top, yellow, which is colour of reformed sect.” It is known from other material that Hailar Obo had twelve small Obos. Arrangement of them looks the same as that of Solon Obo. [U. Borjigin 27/5/2002]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulun Buir; Hailar Obo [North west Manchuria; Barga]

Cultural Affliation

Barga; Ölet; Daur [historically Dagur]; Solon; Evenki; Tibetan

Named Person

Bondur Bogdo; Panch’an [Panchen] Bogdo

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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 This list has now been archived as BA2/4/16. A printed slip of paper found from this album has also been archived as BA2/4/16.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A xexored manuscript describing the matching negatives for the prints in this album has also been archived as BA2/4/8.