Year 1963-1965

Scope and content :

This series consist of 707 photographs from the continued field trip took place from 1963 to 1965 in Tak, Chiangmai, and Chiangrai. He was sponsored by the Asia Foundation to advice the Thai Government in establishing a Tribal Research Institute. At the end of his field trip in 1964/1965, Manndorff was able to conduct a longplanned movie project, documenting immaterial and material culture, techniques and ritual elements of various selected ethnic minority groups: Lisu, Lahu, Akha, Hmong, Karen and Yao. With the support of the IWF (Institut fur den wissenschaftlichen Film/Institute for Scientific Film) in Gottingen, Germany.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 707 photographs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Hans Manndorff , 2009.

System of arrangemant : The series base on year of studying.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restrictions on access.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

171. Reference : HM-1-9-6

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Carrying the dead body on a bier. | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

172. Reference : HM-1-9-7

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Carrying the dead body on a bier. | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

173. Reference : HM-1-9-8

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Placing the coffin inside the grave | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

174. Reference : HM-1-9-9

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Crossbow and knife are attached to the bier. Later on an arrow is shot with the crossbow in the air/sky | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

175. Reference : HM-1-9-10

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. The body is put inside the wooden coffin | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

176. Reference : HM-1-9-11

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. The head of the body is oriented towards northeast | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

177. Reference : HM-1-9-12

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Putting the dead body in the coffin | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

178. Reference : HM-1-9-13

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. Carrying the dead body on a bier. | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

179. Reference : HM-1-9-14

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. The head of the body is oriented towards northeast | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

180. Reference : HM-1-9-15

Hill tribe in northern Thailand

| Baan Meo Mai/Doi Muser, Tak Province, 1965. The gap between coffin and gravewall gets filled with earth | Slide

Hill tribe in northern Thailand