Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 47
Tsui Yen Hu

A stone house on the route between the winter camp and the spring camp, Handgate

subject: pastoralism

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 08
Tsui Yen Hu

A Kazakh ‘knowledgeable old man’, Hsaing Centre, Handgate

subject: Handgate centre

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 30
Tsui Yen Hu

Dr. Marsel’s herbs and materia medica for making medicines

subject: medicine

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 18
Tsui Yen Hu

The lama, and the trees he planted

subject: Buddhism

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 28
Tsui Yen Hu

Surgical operating room, Handgate Hospital

subject: medicine

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 16
Tsui Yen Hu

An Uriyanghai woman, centre of Handgate

subject: Handgate centre

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 38
Tsui Yen Hu

A sacred plant of the Uriyanghai Mongols (the several bushy plants with red stalks in foreground).

subject: natural sacred sites

Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 44
Tsui Yen Hu

Dund-bulag, Handgate. Spring pasture, with some damage.

subject: pastoralism

Pack camels
White, Thomas

Pack camels at the camel festival.

subject: camels

Racing camels
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Racing camels.

subject: camels

Camel milk products
White, Thomas

Kiosk selling camel milk products.

subject: camels

Giant buil
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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

Inner Mongolia pasture fence
White, Thomas

Wire fencing to enclose household pasture.

subject: camels

Camel transportation
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Camels being transported to a race in the back of a truck.

subject: camels

Gelding
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Herders at the camel gelding ritual.

subject: camels

Stone merchant
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A woman selling stones collected from the desert, laid out on a sheet and in boxes on the ground.

subject: camels

Blessing a camel
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Blessing a camel (myalaakh) prior to a race.

subject: camels

Camel race
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At a camel race.

subject: camels

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

Buil
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Display of buil.

subject: camels