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181. Photo 92/3(12)

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Photo 92/3(12)
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A large monastery in the town of Kengtung, with two tall spirit posts outside showing that the monks themselves are not without belief in spirit worship. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; religion; Scott (Sir George) Collection; shrines; spirit posts; spirit worship Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

182. Photo 92/3(13)

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Photo 92/3(13)
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On the first visit paid by any British official to the trans-Salween state of Kengtung, there was some danger of a mischance averted by Scott's firmness and political sense. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'Afterwards the durbar shed was run up in which conference could be held between the young and ignorant ruler and the British representative'. Showing unidentified Europeans on the verandah of the durbar shed (see print 69 for a view of this building ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

183. Photo 92/3(14)

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Photo 92/3(14)
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Nam Pang (Nam means river) in the state of Keng Hkam. The river is the principal feature of the state. The view across it is one of the finest in the Shan States. The course is much broken and thickly studded by islands. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking along the Nam Pang. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Nam Teng (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

184. Photo 92/3(15)

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Photo 92/3(15)
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The Salween at Me Nyin Sang (or Hsang). Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking along the river. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

185. Photo 92/3(16)

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Photo 92/3(16)
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Very often a strip of foreshore was the only possible camping ground. The hills rose so steeply from the water that there was no foothold. The current here (Teing) is narrowed in and very rapid, 'one continual rapid with lashers in between'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene on the Nam Teng with tent on bank in foreground. Subjects = camps; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Nam Teng (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

186. Photo 92/3(17)

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Photo 92/3(17)
Title:
The Nam An in foreground. Keng Hung 1891. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along the river, with a village on the hill in the background. This photograph was taken in one of the border states that subsequently became Chinese territory. See Photo 92/2 (65). Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Jinhong; Keng Hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1891
Extent:
1 item

187. Photo 92/3(18)

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Photo 92/3(18)
Title:
A Gaungto bachelor seated all alone. Owing to strict laws of endogamy there are many bachelors [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Gaungto (Karen) man seated on a rock. 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. 316, with caption note: 'A Gaungto bachelor....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

188. Photo 92/3(19)

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Photo 92/3(19)
Title:
A view of Mong Pawn from the distance. The state is a small one but important. It consists of a long strip down the side of the Nam Pawn. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking across paddy fields towards Mong Pawn. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mong Pawn; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

189. Photo 92/3(20)

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Photo 92/3(20)
Title:
Fort Stedman [Yaunghwe], the first official headquarters of the British in the Shan States. Called after en. Sir Edmund Stedman. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of thatched buildings within the fort perimeter Subjects = forts; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Yaunghwe
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

190. Photo 92/3(21)

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Photo 92/3(21)
Title:
Camp by a cactus hedge: Mong Pawn in the distance. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mong Pawn; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item