1. Photo 92/2(50)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 92/2(50)
- Title:
- Sawbwa of Tawnpeng and his wives. This state is in Burmese 'Taung Baing' or Loi long. It is not large, being about 500 square miles, but it is rich owing to the tea growing. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The people are mostly Palaungs or Rumai, but there are also quite a number of Kachins. The old man shown here is dead and one of the boys in front is now Sawbwa and has two sons being educated in England'. Group probably photographed at Namhsan, c...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890s
- Extent:
- 1 item