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61. Photo 88/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(36)
Title:
Maulmein. Great Pagoda [Kyaik-Than-Lan Pagoda]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the road towards the cluster of pagodas on the hilltop.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 88/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(43)
Title:
[Burmese couple of the upper class seated on a wooden couch.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Burmese man and woman seated on a carved wooden couch. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 88/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/2(11)
Title:
From North-west Burma into India. Scenes along a route from North West Burma into Assam: Naga headhunters from the Pangsao Pass, armed with spears and dahs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two young Naga men on a jungle track. The typescript caption label on the reverse reads: 'There are no roads and the jungle covered mountains rise to a height of 12,000 feet and have to be crossed by tracks and game trails, only possible in the dry season. This is the only possible route into No...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1942
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 88/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(15)
Title:
Great Bell, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the bell, with a Burmese man pointing to the inscribed surface.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 88/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(9)
Title:
Shrine S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of one of the shrines on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda platform, showing richly carved wooden decoration. For a closer view of the same shrine, see print 10.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 88/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(10)
Title:
Burmese glass mosaic [Shwe Dagon Pagoda], Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a shrine on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, showing intricately carved decoration in teak, and pillars covered in glass mosaic. A small group of Shans is posed in front of the shrine. Reproduced as plate 4 in Harry L. Tilly, 'Glass Mosaics...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 88/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(11)
Title:
Wood carving S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of an intricately carved teak screen framing the entrance to a shrine in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. The piece incorporates nats engaged in various activities within a design of vines. Reproduced as plate 15 in Harry L. Tilly, 'Wood-carving of Burma' (Rangoon,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 88/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(28)
Title:
[King Thibaw's state barge moored on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
A double-hulled vessel with twin figureheads in the form of nats. The covered area of the boat is built in the form of a tiered roofed pyatthat. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 88/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(8)
Title:
Entrance of Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Looking towards the entrance gateway, the steps leading up to it flanked by two chinthes (guardian figures).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 88/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(12)
Title:
Facade of East Entrance S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of entrance, showing rich wood-carved decoration.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item