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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

391. Photo 92/6(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(4)
Title:
Zayein Karen women. The chief feature about them, after their heavy arm-rings, seems to be the untidiness of their unkempt hair [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of women, posed in front of a thatched house. 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. 306, with caption note: 'The Zayein Karen women...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

392. Photo 92/6(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(5)
Title:
Gaungto women in Loilong village. Of all the maddening customs, this of leg-rings, which stand out at right angles below the knee, must be the worst. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Gaungto (Karen) women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Gaungtos (ethnic group); Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Loilong; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

393. Photo 92/6(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(6)
Title:
Brè girls. They were shy, not knowing how much the camera might reveal. The one on the right is married and is wearing her husband's bachelor boars' tushes [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two Brè (Karen) girls seated on a rock, showing brass leg bands. The pose is telling: both girls cover the lower part of the face with one hand, while the other is held between the thighs. This photograph is reproduced as the frontispiece to Scott's 'Burma and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

394. Photo 92/6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(7)
Title:
White Karen girls. Their ear tubes which stand out like miniature ear trumpets are very noticeable [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed in front of the verandah of a house. 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. 299, with caption note: 'White Karen girls and children ......
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

395. Photo 92/6(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(8)
Title:
This Bre man was seated under the shade of his verandah at the village of Prepa. His rattan rins compress his thin legs [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography With the rest of his family in the background. Subjects = Brés (ethnic group, Burma); ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Prepa; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

396. Photo 92/6(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(9)
Title:
This is the village of Klaw-ku, which had been temporarily deserted on account of the plague. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched houses on a wooded hillside. Precise location of Klaw-ku unknown, presumably in the Shan States. Presumably the same location as Photo 92/8 (35), where the reason given for abandonment is cholera. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

397. Photo 92/6(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(10)
Title:
Akha women, one with a sort of witch's cap, they differ in details with different sections of the tribe [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Akhas (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

398. Photo 92/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(11)
Title:
Sawlawi, who became ruler of Karenni after the deposition of his uncle, is seated near the table on the left, his wife, also in a chair, at the other end. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, similar to, and taken on the same occasion as Photo 92/4 (7). See also print 34. Probably photographed at Loikaw. Subjects = Burmese rulers; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kayah; Loikaw; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

399. Photo 92/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(12)
Title:
These little girls are Padaungs and have already been broken into the wearing of the brass rings round their small necks [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Padaung girls in front of a house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

400. Photo 92/6(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(13)
Title:
These Karen women of Nawngpalai are playing with cotton spools from which they will weave material. The cooking pots & closely woven baskets are familiar in their daily lives. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women. Nawng Pa Le is featured in Scott's Gazetteer as a lake and village in Karenni (modern Kayah state), but has not been traced on modern maps. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kayah; Myanma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item