These girls of the tamer sort of Wa, are dressed in their best for the bazar. They wear silver earring like long nails, and much rattan fibre about their middles. The one on the right nervously moved her arms just as the photo was taken. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Here is another [portrait of the Wa girl seen in print 22] with a man on one side and a boy on the other. Her short kirtle and skirt are quite neat. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Other specimens [of Wa men and women] not so good-looking. The man wears as waist cloth one of their home-made 'blankets'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Wa group, including some of the figures seen in preceding prints. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
In this [Wa group] the crop-headed boy standing upright shows his blanket touching the ground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A clearer study of Wa men and women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Mong Pu, Kengtung. Note the brick wall surrounding the shrine. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards temple, a building in Chinese style largely obscured by trees. Possibly photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission of 1898-9 Subjects = boundary commissions; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Scott (Sir Ge...
The Salween at Kyok-Peit On. Tent and figures in foreground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Precise location untraced in Scott's Gazetteer; presumably in the Shan States. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
People watching the sports at Loi Lon in Wa-land on the first Wild Wa Expedition 1892. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Spectators gathered on hillside. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports Location = Burma; Loi Lon; Myanmar; Shan