IDNO

P.93655.LIN

Description

On Mamen's listing: The Ganjur Fair, Barga 1931.
1. Bayingsan’s fair & camp. 13/9.

On Mamen's listing for N.23460.LIN : The Ganjur Fair, Barga 1931.
19. Bayingsan’s “Urgo” [sic uurga - horse lasso] camp. 14/9.

Group portrait of Baying San standing in the middle, with possibly his family on either side. The three conical structures are stacks of urgas (horse lassos) for sale. In the background, Daur-wheeled carts can be seen encircling the camp. [JD 18/4/2015]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulunbuir; New Barga East Banner; Ganjur Hua; Ganjur Sume [North west Manchuria; Barga Region]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Mamen, Oscar

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

13 September 1931

Collection Name

Lindgren Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.93557.LIN to P.93994.LIN are in the album now numbered A.115.LIN. The prints match negatives from A.25.LIN, A.26.LIN, A.27.LIN, A.28.LIN. A typed list describing these negatives was found inside this album. It has now been archived as BA2/4/16.