Chinese merchant & wife [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait of a Chinese man and woman, seated in traditional costume at either side of a table on which rests an opium pipe. Subjects = Chinese (ethnic group); Curzon Collection; ethnic groups
A Phoongyee preaching [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Burmese monk preaching to a group of youths and children. Subjects = Curzon Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Phoongyees worshipping [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Buddhist monks kneeling at prayer before an image of the Buddha. Subjects = Buddha images; Curzon Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
A novice requesting admittance to the priesthood. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Novice squatting in attitude of prayer before a group of monks. Subjects = Curzon Collection; monks; novitiates; religion; religion (Buddhism)
'Laung zat', Upper Burma paddy boat. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
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View from the river bank looking down onto a laung-zat moored at the riverside. This print gives a clear view of the bipod mast and distinctive rigging of the Irrawaddy paddy boats. Second copy neg at B.6980. Subjects = Curzon Collection; laung-zats (Burmese rice boats); local craft; paddy boa...