Photographs of fieldwork in Govisumber by David Sneath collection
Metadata
identifier
8b0aa351-668b-4a63-aa17-8f7bebe57600
creator
Sneath, David
type
Collection
coverage
Govisumber aimag
Mongolia
description
David Sneath has worked with pastoralists in Govisumber aimag (formerly Govisumber sum of Dornogovi aimag) since the early 1990s. These photographs represent some of the key people, activities, and places from his earlier fieldwork.
source
Scanned from a series of photographic prints held in the archives of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge.
Items

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 01
Sneath, David
subject: wells

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 02
Sneath, David
subject: wrestling

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 03
Sneath, David
subject: livestock enclosures, morning activities, pastoral camps

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 04
Sneath, David
subject: Buddhist monk, ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 05
Sneath, David
subject: Buddhist monk, Naadam

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 06
Sneath, David
subject: horses, pastoralism

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 07
Sneath, David
subject: anthropologists in the field, horses, pastoralism

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 08
Sneath, David
subject: clipping horse mane, horses

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 09
Sneath, David
subject: anthropologists in the field, research participants

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 10
Sneath, David
subject: branding foals, horses, pastoralism

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 11
Sneath, David
subject: ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 12
Sneath, David
subject: ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 13
Sneath, David
subject: water use, watering livestock, wells

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 14
Sneath, David
subject: branding foals

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 15
Sneath, David
subject: anthropologists in the field

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 16
Sneath, David
subject: settlements

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 17
Sneath, David
subject: settlements

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

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 20
Sneath, David
subject: wrestling

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 21
Sneath, David
subject: ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 22
Sneath, David
subject: Buddhist monk, offerings (ideenii tavag), ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 23
Sneath, David
subject: offerings (ideenii tavag), ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 24
Sneath, David

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 25
Sneath, David
subject: branding foals, horse brand, pastoralism

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 26
Sneath, David
subject: anthropologists in the field, wrestling

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 27
Sneath, David
subject: settlements

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 28
Sneath, David
subject: horses

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 29
Sneath, David
subject: ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 30
Sneath, David
subject: ovoo

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 31
Sneath, David
subject: branding foals

Photograph from Govisumber, No. 32
Sneath, David
subject: pastoralism, research participants, yurt