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1. Photo 180(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(14)
Title:
Funeral rites for a Buddhist Archbishop - coffin in elephant shaped car - Mandalay, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 180(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(15)
Title:
Splendid honors to a dead Buddhist - elevating coffin in car to a gilded shrine, Mandalay, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Coffin being pulled up gangway to pyre. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 180(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(16)
Title:
Fight between best of 50 couples (champion at left) - funeral festivity at Mandalay, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 247/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(17)
Title:
Building for burning the dead, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards a burning ghat on the Hugli, the roofline crowded with vultures. Possibly Burning Ghat (now Nimtala Cremation Ground), just north of Nimtollah Ghat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 247/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(43)
Title:
Burning of the dead on the banks of the Hooghly (near Barrackpore). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank towards a small group seated beside a funeral pyre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 247/3(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(32)
Title:
Ghaut for burning the dead near the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the bank of the Hugli towards a burning ghat, with vultures gathered on the roofline of the adjoining building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1099(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1099(2)
Title:
A Burmese funeral procession at Rangoon. Photographer: Jackson, J.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a Burmese funeral procession at Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. Funeral procession halted in the street to be photographed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item