River Stars Reindeer: Imaging Evenki and Orochen communities of Inner Mongolia and Siberia
Tue 7 July 2015 - Sun 27 September 2015
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
One hundred years ago, the Russian ethnographer Sergei Shirokogoroff and his wife Elizabeth were invited to the snowforests of the Amur River to study the indigenous Evenki and Orochen peoples. In 1929, Cambridge’s own graduate Ethel Lindgren and her soon to be husband Oscar Mamen went in search of these ‘little-known tribes’ as they were considered to be ‘fast dying out’. Together they amassed a considerable collection of 26,000 culturally and historically important photographs, the majority of which have never been seen, until now.
In collaboration with Evenki and Orochen communities and scholars, MAA and MAE (Kunstkamera), St Petersburg, as caretakers of Shirokogoroff and Lindgren’s photographic collections, are working to share these photographs with the people of Inner Mongolia and Siberia. From the excitement of recognising faces, to the beauty of the reindeer, or the heated debates about what is happening in the photographs, this evocative exhibition is about the reconnection of these communities with their images, their histories, and their stories.
Cost: free
Timing
10:30am-4:30pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 7 July 2015 until Sunday 27 September 2015
12:00pm-4:30pm Sunday every week from Tuesday 7 July 2015 until Sunday 27 September 2015
All times
Tue 7 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 8 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 9 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 10 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 11 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 12 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 14 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 15 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 16 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 17 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 18 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 19 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 21 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 22 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 23 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 24 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 25 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 26 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 28 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 29 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 30 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 31 July 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 1 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 2 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 4 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 5 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 6 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 7 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 8 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 9 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 11 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 12 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 13 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 14 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 15 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 16 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 18 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 19 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 20 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 21 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 22 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 23 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 25 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 26 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 27 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 28 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 29 August 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 30 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 1 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 2 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 3 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 4 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 5 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 6 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 8 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 9 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 10 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 11 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 12 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 13 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 15 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 16 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 17 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 18 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 19 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 20 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |
Tue 22 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Wed 23 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Thu 24 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Fri 25 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sat 26 September 2015 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Sun 27 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 4:30PM |