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891. Photo 310(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(34)
Title:
Shifting cultivation showing destruction done to the forest. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Forest clearing to make way for new terracing. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = agriculture; crops; forests; Gordon Collection; landscape features
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

892. Photo 310(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(35)
Title:
Winnowing rice. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Burmese child winnowing ricein the foreground, while a man watches from under a straw enclosure. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = agriculture; crops; dwellings; Gordon Collection; rice; winnowing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

893. Photo 310(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(36)
Title:
Selling rice. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A line of women selling their rice in town. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = ethnic groups; Gordon Collection; markets; rice; rice industry; traders; women
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

894. Photo 310(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(37)
Title:
Monks and Pupils. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Young ponggyseated on mats and reading outside. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); reading & writing; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

895. Photo 310(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(38)
Title:
Offering to Nats at a jungle camp. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Setting up offerings to nats. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = animism; camps; Gordon Collection; jungle scenery; nats; religion; spirit worship
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

896. Photo 310(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(39)
Title:
A nat's shrine by the road, Prome. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A nat's shrine, with contents including two horse figures and three vessels. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = animism; Gordon Collection; nats; religion; shrines; spirit worship Location = Burma; Myanmar;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

897. Photo 310(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(40)
Title:
A monk reading. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A monk, seated in a chair, reading by the doorway. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); reading & writing; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

898. Photo 310(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(41)
Title:
The monastery school at work (note: boy monks in front of the class). Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Noviates studying in a monastery school. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; monasteries; monks; novitiates; ponggyis (Burmese monks); reading & writing; religion; religion (Buddhism); s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

899. Photo 310(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(42)
Title:
Venerable monk. The Shwekyanny Sayadaw. Bhamo. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Seated portrait of Shwekyanny Sayadaw ('sayadaw' is his title, indicates a senior rank). Two monks seated on the floor. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; monasteries; monks; ponggyis (Burmese mo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

900. Photo 310(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(43)
Title:
A work of merit. A breakfast offering to a monk. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A monk receiving a breakfast offering from a Burmese girl in front of a gated house. [Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount, 106x44mm]. Subjects = Gordon Collection; monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item