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151. Photo 92/2(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(72)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsai. Me Hsai is an insignificant rivulet in trans-Salween Karenni, flowing into the Salween. At its mouth, on the north side, the Siamese had a small military post when the country was visited in 1889-90 by the Anglo-Siamese ommission Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Me Hsai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

152. Photo 92/2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(73)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsate. A river in trans-Salween Karenni which runs into the Salween. One can see straight up to the watershed from the river's mouth. Up this valley there is a route to Mehonghsawn. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'To watch this route the Siamese established a post in 1889-90 on the right bank of the stream. The English were opposite. The Union Jack can be seen outside the tent of the Political Officer (Scott)'. See also Photo 92/3 (67). Subjects = bounda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

153. Photo 92/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(74)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably on the Salween in the Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

154. Photo 92/2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(75)
Title:
Takaw Ferry across the Salween. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan; Takaw
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

155. Photo 92/2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(76)
Title:
Outside the Wa village of Mot Hsamo. See the pi dog. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking past trees towards the houses of the village, with the river at the right. Not a very informative photograph: as Scott notes in the entry in his gazetteer on this Wa village, 'From the ridge on which Mot Hsamo stands it is impossible to see a single ho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

156. Photo 92/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3
Title:
Scott Collection: Views in Keng Tung and Yunnan. Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather bound album (spine broken and covers detached) measuring 304 x 370 mm, with prints inserted one to a page in window mounts, with typewritten captions pasted beneath each print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
76 items

157. Photo 92/3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(1)
Title:
This is the ferry across the Salween on the road between Nawng Hpa & Man Hpang. It is called Ta Pang Ti. he river is about 100 yds broads with a depth of 30 feet. The ferry is much used by caravans to and from Na Fan in the Wa country. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 92/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(2)
Title:
Buffalo posts in the Wa village of Mot Hsamo. Set up to signify the sacrifice of a buffalo for the good of the community. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Buffalo posts set up in foreground, with the village beyond. Photographed during Scott's first visit to the Wa country, and reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.184. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); buffalo posts; dwelli...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 92/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(3)
Title:
Another view of buffalo posts in the same village. Note naked baby alone in the midst, and one of the British horses in a shed [Mot Hsamo]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = architecture (vernacular); buffalo posts; dwellings; religion; rural life; sacrifices; Scott (Sir George) Collection; spirit worship; villages Location = Burma; Mot Hsamo; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 92/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(4)
Title:
This rather suggests an English village scene with Church steeples but is a scene in Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item