IDNO

P.94561.LIN

Description

On Lindgren's listing: December 1931 Trip
Gan, nr. Ulugit.
98. Close, fr. [from] E, showing poles ties. 8/12.

Lindgren’s description: “Grave of a Ganchen child.” Before the reindeer Tungus people had contact with Christianity, all funerals were like this to wrap up the corpse with birch bark and hang it from a tree.

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; Hulun Buir; Gan River; near Ulugit [North west Manchuria; Barga Region]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Lindgren, Ethel John

Collector / Expedition

Lindgren, Ethel John

Date

8 December 1931

Collection Name

Lindgren Collection

Source

Lindgren, John Roe

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.89564.LIN to P.89652.LIN and P.94558.LIN to P.94562.LIN were found in a bundle in the white box now numbered C55/.