Wild Wa prisoners, 'One so hideously ugly - the only one I wanted to get'. See 'Scott of the Shan Hills'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of prisoners under guard in front of a thatched hut. [Albumen print, 180x119mm]. Subjects = ethnic groups; military (general); military campaigns; prisoners; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Wild Wa prisoners, 'One so hideously ugly - the only one I wanted to get'. See 'Scott of the Shan Hills'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 61. [Albumen print, 181x119mm]. Subjects = ethnic groups; military (general); military campaigns; prisoners; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Wa women wearing 'silver ear-tubes that are like gigantic carpet tacks'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a group of Wa women. [Gelatin silver print, 111x174mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; jewellery; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Wild Wa woman in left foreground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Wa woman, with men and children squatting behind. Slightly unsharp. [Albumen print, 118x174mm]. Subjects = ethnic groups; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Another Wild Wa woman [wearing] large flat earrings. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Wa woman, with other figures behind. [Gelatin silver print, 120x184mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; jewellery; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
The Conclave of the Wa Chiefs (Petken) when the first Sanad was read out to them by an interpreter. Open air bathroom in background. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Historical Events Group of Wa chiefs seated on the ground in a semi-circle around the interpreter reading the document, photographed at Pang Mi. Reproduced in G.E.Mitton, 'Scott of the Shan Hills' (London, 1936), facing p. 235, there captioned, 'The meeting of the PeT Ken (Wa chiefs). Th...