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171. Photo 92/3(2)

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Photo 92/3(2)
Title:
Buffalo posts in the Wa village of Mot Hsamo. Set up to signify the sacrifice of a buffalo for the good of the community. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Buffalo posts set up in foreground, with the village beyond. Photographed during Scott's first visit to the Wa country, and reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.184. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); buffalo posts; dwelli...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

172. Photo 92/3(3)

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Photo 92/3(3)
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Another view of buffalo posts in the same village. Note naked baby alone in the midst, and one of the British horses in a shed [Mot Hsamo]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = architecture (vernacular); buffalo posts; dwellings; religion; rural life; sacrifices; Scott (Sir George) Collection; spirit worship; villages Location = Burma; Mot Hsamo; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

173. Photo 92/3(4)

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Photo 92/3(4)
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This rather suggests an English village scene with Church steeples but is a scene in Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

174. Photo 92/3(5)

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Photo 92/3(5)
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A variety of pagodas from the plain to the ornate in Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of a cluster of pagodas. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

175. Photo 92/3(6)

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Photo 92/3(6)
Title:
[Scene in Keng Tung.] A different point of view of the scene on the previous page. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Similar view to, but in better condition than print 4. In the foreground is a garden in European style, with a group of Burmese gathered at the gateway. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

176. Photo 92/3(7)

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Photo 92/3(7)
Title:
Here the highly decorated and cage-like htees on the pagodas show up well. Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up up view of pagodas. The htees are the structures surrounding the finial of the pagodas. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

177. Photo 92/3(8)

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Photo 92/3(8)
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A Kachin house, with spirit posts all round outside. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of a long thatched house surrounded by spirit posts. These take the form of a tapering length of timber with an umbrella-like object attached a short distance from the top. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kachins; religion; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

178. Photo 92/3(9)

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Photo 92/3(9)
Title:
These people are Lihsaw otherwise known as Yawyin; a good looking race. They are real hill people and always make for the highest altitude attainable. A group of these same people appeared in 'Burma and Beyond'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Lihsaw men and women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Lihsaws (ethnic group); Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

179. Photo 92/3(10)

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Photo 92/3(10)
Title:
This man ruled a state on the border of Siam, called Mong Chen or Mong Hsing.[Now Muong Sing, Laos.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'When the French acquired some of Siam there was a suggestion that part of this should be made a Buffer State. The Myosa did not know to whom he shld show allegiance and went and hid himself'. Photograph shows the myosa seated outside his haw or palac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

180. Photo 92/3(11)

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Photo 92/3(11)
Title:
This is an interesting group. Captain Renny-Tailyour who went on the first Wild Wa Expedition. Mr (Sir Hugh) Daly, W. Warry, Chinese Political Adviser and expert, and Captain G.V. Burrows. All their names are well-known. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, posed in front of a tent. Precise date and location unknown, but probably photographed around the time of Scott's attachment to the Mekong Commission. Subjects = dress (European); Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1894
Extent:
1 item