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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

401. Photo 92/6(14)

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Photo 92/6(14)
Title:
White Karen traders. These men go long distances into wild wastes or up the turbulent Salween. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of five White Karen men. Published (cropped) in Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 318, with caption note: 'White Karen traders. The man on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

402. Photo 92/6(15)

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Photo 92/6(15)
Title:
These are the [White Karen] womenfolk to match them. Their village is called Muchi Lochalo. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection; White Karens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

403. Photo 92/6(16)

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Photo 92/6(16)
Title:
One of the main trading concerns of the Karennis is the timber which grows along the river banks. Here is some which has been cut, floating down a creek. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection; teak; timber industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

404. Photo 92/6(17)

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Photo 92/6(17)
Title:
Main street, Sawlon. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a street in Sawlon (modern Sawnglaw). Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection; street scenes Location = Burma; Kayah; Myanmar; Sawnglaw
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

405. Photo 92/6(18)

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Photo 92/6(18)
Title:
Padaung women and children standing about on a slope outside their well-thatched houses. Each house has a verandah as it is practically dark inside. The step ladder is worn by the continual use of their bare feet. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

406. Photo 92/6(19)

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Photo 92/6(19)
Title:
Karenni men at Nawng Palai. The conical hat has a somewhat wizardly effect. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography An indistinct photograph. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kayah; Myanmar; Nawng Pa Le
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

407. Photo 92/6(20)

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Photo 92/6(20)
Title:
This spirit shrine, with the spirit posts in the background, is particularly interesting, for the remains of a slaughtered hog adorn the altar in the foreground. Kye Bogi. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The town of Kyebogi listed as Kye-Bo-Gyi in Scott's 'Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States' (5 vols, Rangoon, 1900-01). Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

408. Photo 92/6(21)

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Photo 92/6(21)
Title:
These neat and clean little boys are postulants about to enter a monastery to do their time there; it may be a few days or many months. Two have their hair cropped 'English fashion', others the usual top knots. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of six young boys seated on the ground in front of a doorway. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; monks; postulants; religion; religion (Buddhism); Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

409. Photo 92/6(22)

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Photo 92/6(22)
Title:
A pagoda being built. The Htee is put on last of all and it is the occasion for much ceremony. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Pagoda under construction, encased in wooden scaffolding. This shows the brickwork structure of the pagoda, with stucco not yet applied. The htee or hti, is an umbrella-shaped finial. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); constructi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

410. Photo 92/6(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(23)
Title:
Another picture of Padaungs outside their thatch roofed house. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography See also print 18. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item