camels subject index
Photographs of Dashbalbar sum, No. 27
Batbuyan B.
Bazargur’s camels on the way from the sum centre to the spring pasture. HH No. 10 (“rich herder”).
subject: camels, research participants, transportation
Photographs of Dashbalbar sum, No. 40
Batbuyan B.
Sebsuul region, Dashbalbar
2230746. Valeriy Bolaev, Ulyumdzhi Mandzhiev, About Camels
Valeriy says that there are only 5,000 camels left that can be described as of Kalmyk breed. The majority of them are in Astrakhan oblast’.
2252323. Polina Fedorova, About Camel Meat
In the past, the Kalmyks ate beef and horse meat. The poor ate camel meat. People who ate camel meat had pimples on their faces. The camel’s pelt and humps were used to make vessels.
1950301. Alena Lidzhieva, How to Make Female Camels Accept Their Newborn
A female camel is pregnant for 11 months. Sometimes female camels reject their calves.
2253415. Polina Fedorova, How to Make Female Camels Accept Their Newborn
Sometimes female camels reject their calves. Female camels are jealous and squeamish animals. If a child touched a calf, its mother could reject it.
Photograph from Govisumber, No. 18
Sneath, David
subject: camels, pastoralism, transportation
Photograph from Govisumber, No. 19
Sneath, David
subject: camels, hay, livestock shelters, pastoral camps, pastoralism
Motorcycle at camel race
White, Thomas
Herder on motorcycle at a camel race. In the background is a new apartment complex being constructed, which will become home to pastoralists who have moved off the land.
subject: camels
Stone merchant
White, Thomas
A woman selling stones collected from the desert, laid out on a sheet and in boxes on the ground.
subject: camels
Camel transportation
White, Thomas
Camels being transported to a race in the back of a truck.
subject: camels
Inner Mongolia pasture fence
White, Thomas
Wire fencing to enclose household pasture.
subject: camels
Giant buil
White, Thomas
A giant buil – the wooden peg inserted through the nose of a camel and used for attaching reins or tethers – on display at the camel festival.
subject: camels
