[RNLD] re: Resources for picture dictionary; photographs or high quality drawings of objects

[Doug Cooper]

Hi, Stephen:
Try flickr (you'll want to set Advanced Search to allow only CC images),
e.g. items including the word "Tangsa" gets 12,000+ hits:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=cc&mt=all&adv=1&w=all&q=tangsa

For flora/fauna/specific things, try Wikimedia Commons via a regular Wikipedia 
search -- if it's there, it has some kind of re-use license; e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediculus_humanus_capitis

   Be well,
   Doug


On 3/5/2013 3:47 PM, Stephen Morey wrote:
> Dear RNLD list,
>
> I am at present in Guwahati, Assam, with Rev. L.M. Yanger Thungwa and we are
> compiling a dictionary of his language, the Chamchang (Kimsing) variety of
> Tangsa. Some years ago, Rev. Yanger worked on a pictorial glossary using
> resources produced by the Central Institute of Indian Languages. This was a
> picture book with pictures of body parts, animals, fruits, objects, natural
> phenomena etc. He has asked me to scan this book so the images can be used for
> making a dictionary, but I am sure that much better on-line digital resources
> are available. Can anyone advise where we can get photographs or scanned
> drawings for the purpose of making picture dictionaries. Of course we realise
> that objects unique to Tangsa culture will need to drawn separately, but most
> of the objects needed in the dictionary are common to all cultures. Can anyone
> help us.
>
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Morey
> Australian Research Council Future Fellow
> Centre for Research on Language Diversity
> La Trobe University