Motion picture film

Museum number:
26-55
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21260000055
Accession number:
Acc.2898
Description:
Lindgren Expedition "The Reindeer Tungus." Black and white, ca. 60 min. 3 reels: Original print, Reversal Printing master, Release print. Beta SP and two VHS video copies.
Donor:
Ethel John Lindgren and unknown
Collection place:
Northwest Manchuria
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia:N.W. Manchuria;Reindeer Tungus
Culture or time period:
Manchurian Reindeer Tungus
Maker or artist:
Bernt Oskar Malling Mamen
Collector:
Bernt Oskar Malling Mamen and Ethel John Lindgren
Collection date:
ca 1927
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Betacam-SP, Motion pictures (moving images), Motion pictures (visual works), and VHS
Accession date:
May 26, 1972
Context of use:
Film made by the Lundgren Expedition to Northwest Manchuria. "The Reindeer Tungus
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
length 1496 feet and duration 60 minutes
Title:
The Reindeer Tungus (Artist's Label)
Comment:
According to Nelson H. H. Graburn (2017-09-05), Ethel John Lindgren left this film with Robert Lowie for safekeeping during World War II, rather than keep it with her in the UK, where it might be bombed or captured.
Loans:
S1977-1978 #14: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (October 13, 1977–October 13, 1977), S1980-1981 #49: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (January 29, 1981–January 29, 1981), S1985-1986 #29: Arctic Film Festival (February 14, 1986–October 13, 1986), S1987-1988 #24: Smithsonian Institution (October 26, 1987–April 30, 1988), and S1990-1991 #13: Autry National Center of the American West (October 15, 1990–October 22, 1990)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Motion picture film, accession number 26-55, described as Lindgren Expedition "The Reindeer Tungus." Black and white, ca. 60 min. 3 reels: Original print, Reversal Printing master, Release print. Beta SP and two VHS video copies.

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