HH 14. Herder, at his shed.
subject: research participants
The ritual drum at Handgate Temple.
subject: Buddhism
HH no 17 (Tsui’s questionnaire). An Uriyanghai herder, who offered us a lot of help. Handgate
subject: Handgate centre
A young Kazakh woman at Five-Finger Spring
subject: natural sacred sites
Early spring at Handgate, Altai Mountains
subject: pastoralism
Late spring at Handgate, Altai Mountains and woods
Head of HH 8, a craftsman.
Dr. Tsui meditating at five-Finger Spring, Handgate. This is an elevated rock, with five rocks spreading out below it. It is said to be very holy.
subject: medicine
Cattle sheds.
Vegetable plots at Handgate
A freshwater spring at the spring pastures, with herders using the water.
A scene at the Handgate centre
New born lambs and hay, at the spring pasture
Showing Buddhist scriptures inside the temple. Photo of Mt. Kailash in background.
Dr. Marsel showing his ‘secret book’ about Uriyanghai Mongolian mecilicine
A scene at the centre of Handgate
Doctors and nurses of Handgate hospital
Seeing a doctor, Handgate hospital, Altai
Map depicting the routes of Sven Hedin’s exploring expeditions, 1886-1935.
subject: expeditions, maps
Map showing the expedition routes of NK Roerich, from the Roerich Museum.
Map accompanying “Souvenirs d’un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine”, Evariste Huc, 1850
A map showing the route of Frank E Younghusband on his trip from Beijing to Kashmir.
Satellite image (Landsat, October 1989) of the border between the Russian district of Chita and northeastern Mongolia.
subject: GIS, Inner Asia, rangeland ecology
Map showing the region taken as “Inner Asia”, prepared by the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
subject: Inner Asia, maps