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731. Photo 310(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(71)
Title:
Worship at funeral of revered monk - the Pakau Saya. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Burmese girls seated in worship before a monk's coffin. Monks in the background. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = coffins; funeral processions; funerals; Gordon Collection; monks; mourning practices; ponggy...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

732. Photo 310(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(72)
Title:
Ballet troupe of girls at revered monk's funeral - the Ledi Sayadaw. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Four young ballet dancers performing on a cart for a monk's funeral. 'Sayadaw' is the monk's title, indicating his senior rank. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = dance; funeral processions; funerals; Gordon ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

733. Photo 310(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(73)
Title:
Monk meditating in hermit's cave. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A monk meditating with beads at the entrance to a cave. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = beads; cave dwellings; Gordon Collection; meditation; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

734. Photo 310(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(74)
Title:
Morning rounds. Monk begging. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A monk, holding an alms bowl, on his morning rounds. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = beggars; Gordon Collection; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); processions; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

735. Photo 310(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(79)
Title:
Monk's grave modelled on watch tower of the Royal Palace, Mandalay. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A monk's grave designed in the likeness of the Queen's watch tower at Mandalay. [Glass stereogram, 106x44mm]. Subjects = architectural models; Gordon Collection; graves; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

736. Photo 310(468)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(468)
Title:
A monk and his young pupils. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
A monk is reading a book to his six young students. This slide has got no title or photog' ref number on the slide. [Coloured glass stereogram, 106x44mm]. Subjects = children; Gordon Collection; monks; reading & writing; students; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

737. Photo 310(469)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(469)
Title:
Giving an offering to monk on his begging round. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
The woman is offering a cup of tea to a monk. This slide has got no tilte or photog' ref number on the slide. [Coloured glass stereogram, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; houses; huts; monks; sheds; tea; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

738. Photo 355/1(203)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(203)
Title:
A Boodhist Priest [Burma]. Photographer: Jackson, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a Burmese Buddhist monk. Subjects = Dunlop Smith Collection; monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

739. Photo 364/22(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 364/22(77)
Title:
Hindu worshippers, Conjeeveram. Photographer: Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Worshippers grouped in temple compound.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

740. Photo 430/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/7(2)
Title:
Erivan: the lake in the court of the great Shiah mosque of Guek Jame. Shiahs performing their ablutions. N.B. fancy entering a Shiah mosque in Persia and photographing the pious over their ablutions! Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the ablution tank in the mosque, with figures posed on the far side. A man in western dress, presumably one of Lynch's party, stands at the extreme left. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

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