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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

251. Photo 92/4(18)

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Photo 92/4(18)
Title:
Bré women standing among the rocks, showing the ungainly and awkward system of projecting leg-rings which hamper their every movement. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 312, with caption note: 'Dames and debutantes of the Karen Hills. The background gives an idea of the topogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

252. Photo 92/4(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(19)
Title:
A creek which leaves no room for a track; such a stream would probably have to be crossed thirty times in one march [?Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Unidentified river scene. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

253. Photo 92/4(20)

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Photo 92/4(20)
Title:
This is one of Scott's earliest attempts at photography. They are probably people of the Myelat. But being better-class their dress does not betray them. The torques of the girls' heads might tell something. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three women posed in front of the verandah of a house. The Myelat was a collection of sixteen small states in the Southern Shan States. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

254. Photo 92/4(21)

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Photo 92/4(21)
Title:
This lady, who has diamonds in her ears and on her torque, wears a magnificent daleezan or flat neckchain, but has European shoes and stockings. Undoubtedly a Danu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a Danu lady of rank, posed in front of a textile backdrop. Another portrait of this woman, taken on the same occasion, can be found at Photo 92/2 (22), where she is identified as 'a Shan Princess'. Subjects = Danus (ethnic group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

255. Photo 92/4(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(22)
Title:
[Unidentified couple, Shan States.] Here the European influence is very apparent. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man and women posed in front of the verandah of a house. The woman, and the location, are the same as those seen in print 20. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

256. Photo 92/4(23)

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Photo 92/4(23)
Title:
Man Hpang, capital of Mot hai. This shows a Wa village on the top of a hill. There is a huge earth rampart all around, and only one, or at most two, entrances through it. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the ridge on which the Wa village of Man Hpang stands, with thatched houses in the foreground. Photographed during the Second Wild Wa expedition. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Bur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

257. Photo 92/4(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(24)
Title:
A military post was created at Mone [Mong Nai] after the suppression of Twet ngu lu. Lieut Fowler was left in charge. This is a view of the military huts. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the thatched huts of the camp. Twek Nga Lu was captured by Scott and Fowler in 1888. See G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), pp.120-25. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mong Nai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1888
Extent:
1 item

258. Photo 92/4(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(25)
Title:
Htam Long Stream, Mong Hsat, in the south of Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Htam Long (river); Mong Hsat; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

259. Photo 92/4(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(26)
Title:
[Chief of] Mongpawn with his wife and family Hkun Ti, raised to Sawbwa by the British; previously Myosa. An important little state. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Sawbwa of Mong Pawn and his family. Subjects = Burmese rulers; ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans Location = Burma; Mong Pawn; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

260. Photo 92/4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(27)
Title:
The Heng Long, Hwe Ya, and Karens. A Heng is a headman. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Karen group squatting in front of a tent. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item