Photographs from Inner Mongolia in the 1980s by David Sneath collection
Metadata
identifier
3362ed57-35cc-470d-a905-78265686a25e
creator
Sneath, David
type
Collection
description
Photographs taken by David Sneath during the course of his ethnographic fieldwork in Inner Mongolia. David Sneath spent 16 months in Inner Mongolia in 1987-1988; based mainly in the city of Hohhot, he spent two summers travelling in Xilingol and Hulunbuir.
source
Scanned from a series of photographic prints held in the archives of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge.
date
1988
Items
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 03
Sneath, David
Xilingol - Herder woman preparing wooden spars for extension of the family dwelling (baishin).
subject: dwellings
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 04
Sneath, David
Horse-drawn buggy in the steppe.
subject: horse-carts
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 05
Sneath, David
Horse-races (local Naadam)
subject: horse-races
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 07
Sneath, David
subject: herder households
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 08
Sneath, David
subject: herder households
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 09
Sneath, David
View from the train window, Xilingol.
subject: steppe
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 10
Sneath, David
At the monastery in Xilin Xot (Xilingol aimag).
subject: monasteries
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 11
Sneath, David
The monastery at Xilin Xot, Xilingol aimag.
subject: monasteries
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 12
Sneath, David
Transporting poles by horse-cart.
subject: horse-carts
Photograph from Inner Mongolia, No. 13
Sneath, David
Itinerant/migrant workers near Beijing, living in an excavated area by the side of the road.
subject: migrant labour
