IDNO

DG.122315.OLT

Description

Sungari: our last Lahasusu; man sitting on horse drawn cart; 'Laha' in the Heje language means a form of construction, it's a kind of adobe, well it's uncooked, it's clay mixed with straw, and 'susu' means ruins...it's a village built on previous ruins. [tape]

Place

E Asia; China; Northeast China; Songhua River; Heilongjiang; Lahasusu [Sungari River; Sunggari River]

Cultural Affliation

Nanai [historically Heje; Fishskin Tatar]

Named Person

Photographer

Lattimore, Owen

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1928 - 1938

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]