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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

81. Photo 92/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(2)
Title:
Pagodas at Mone [Mong Nai, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of pagodas in the temple complex. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Mong Nai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 92/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(3)
Title:
A Chinese border town - Tali-fu [Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A general view looking over the roooftops of Tali in western Yunnan. A photograph probably taken by Scott during the Burma-China Boundary Commission. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Tali; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 92/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(4)
Title:
Banyang Loilong men (Karens). Note the shaven heads and the boars' tushes worn by bachelors. The Banyangs are strict endogamists [Loilong, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'They tattoo two black squares beneath their chins and it is a joke that whereever there is a smooth sheet of water there will be found a Loilong man admiring his chin'. Group portrait standing in front of a thatched house. Subjects = ethni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 92/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(5)
Title:
Red Karens. A family of position [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group posed in front of a thatched house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 92/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(6)
Title:
Shan ladies of better class. Note the daleezan or neckchains covering the whole throat, some of these are of exquisite workmanship [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Groyp portrait of some eighteen women, seated and standing. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 92/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(7)
Title:
Red Karens. In this picture can be seen the girdle which is a distinctive feature of the women's dress. The end hangs down and the grace of the draping depends how long it has been in use [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of a Red Karen family, posed in front of a thatched house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 92/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(8)
Title:
People in Mong Hung [Mong Hang, Southern Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the thatched houses of the village on the hillside, with a group of children (blurred) standing in the foreground. For another copy of this print, see Photo 92/11 (287). Subjects = rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages Location = Bu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 92/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(9)
Title:
A Wild Wa village [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a village street lined with thatched houses. A more substantial building, with a tiered roof of thatch, stands on the hillside in the background. Subjects = dwellings; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 92/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(10)
Title:
Allied clans of Red Karens. Instead of the cloak of the real Red Karen woman, these wear a sort of poncho or smock, and with it a short kirtle. They have rattan leggings, if so they can be called. Ropes of bead or pebble necklaces [Loilong, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Loilong; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 92/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(11)
Title:
Pagodas at Loi An, five or six miles from Kalaw [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of pagodas and chinthes in ruinous and overgrown state. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); chinthes (Burmese temple guardian figures); Indian sculpture; pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temple...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item