Burmese [paddy] boat under sail. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of paddy boats, called laung-zats, sailing down the Irrawaddy. Subjects = Curzon Collection; laung-zats (Burmese rice boats); local craft; paddy boats; rice industry; transport; water transport
A Phoogyee-byan, cremation of a priest. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of crowds round the funeral pyre of a Buddhist priest. Subjects = cremation; Curzon Collection; funerals; rites and customs
A native Saw pit, [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of men sawing through a length of timber suspended over a pit. Subjects = Curzon Collection; occupations; woodcutters