IDNO

DG.121543.OLT

Description

West Sunid (tape): Torso of wrestler; a wrestler wears, as a talisman, a rope of twisted Khatagh scarves, with loose ends fluttering here and there, then comes a leather tunic heavily worked with broad brass studs, this wrestler, the champion of the day, had greenish, almost blue eyes that are not uncommon in Mongolia, he is straightening his face after having rubbed against someone else's brass-studded tunic.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.5714.ACH1: “A westler [wrestler] wearing the metal studded jacket in which he wrestles. The hat is removed at the last moment before entering the square. Note rope of twisted silk ‘khataks’, with amulets, hung around neck.” [manuscript in ink]

Place

E Asia; China; Inner Mongolia; West Sunid Banner

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Lattimore, Owen

Collector / Expedition

Date

1932

Collection Name

Owen Lattimore Collection

Source

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Harvard College, Massachusetts

Format

Digital File

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Source: Owen Lattimore bequeathed his original photographic collection to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Harvard University, Massachusetts, along with Intellectual Property Rights. As part of the bequest, a set of digital copies, “together with a non-exclusive license to use them for educational and scholarly purposes” was provided to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. [JD 3/3/2013]