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Subject Musical Instruments Level [40] File

81. Photo 1183(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(15)
Title:
[Gamelan orchestra, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '46' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of a gamelan orchestra, seated with their instruments in front of a large wicker-walled, tile-roofed hut. A European man is seated on the verandah of the building in the right background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 1183(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(16)
Title:
[Gamelan orchestra, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '50' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of a gamelan orchestra, seated with their instruments in front of a fenced-off plantation of bananas.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 1192(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(56)
Title:
A Burmese harper. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Studio portrait of a musician seated cross-legged with his instrument.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 1192(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(84)
Title:
Mingun bell at Sagaing. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. View of the bell, enclosed in an open-sided pavilion with a tiered roof.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 1295(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1295(19)
Title:
Musicians, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma. Photographer: Stereo Travel Company (New York)
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, a close view of a group of musicians on the terrace of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Image copyrighted 1908, by the Stereo Travel Company.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 1295(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1295(65)
Title:
Largest perfect bell in the world, Mingoon, Burma. Photographer: Stereo Travel Company (New York)
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view of the Mingun bell. Image copyrighted 1908, by the Stereo Travel Company.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item

87. PP.3803.bha, 2/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 2/17(4)
Title:
A game at forfeits. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three seated women, one holding a samisen (a guitar-like instrument), the other two demonstrating the hand movements involved in the game.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

88. PP.3803.bha, 3/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 3/2(2)
Title:
Common folk enjoying themselves. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of four men seated in a tea house: 'The group … represents four servants off duty - a cook, a house boy, a betto (groom) and a general utility man — the cook, who is an adept on the samisen [a guitar-like instrument], insisted on being represented with that ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

89. WD540(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(64)
Title:
The Great Bell at Mengoon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Great Bell at Mengoon.’ IN full keeping with the Temple is the monster Bell which was intended for it. On first view of this surprising object it was anticipated that more than a rival had been found for the Great Bell of Moscow. It proved short, however, but ranks as the next largest Bell...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

90. WD1179

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1179
Title:
Prayer drums, Phari Fort (Tibet). 7 March 1904. Artist(s): Rybot, Norman Victor Lacey (1876-1961)
Scope & Content:
Prayer drums, Phari Fort (Tibet). 7 March 1904. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Great Prayer Drums at Phari Jong. Devout men will sit and turn these wheels for hours and hours counting their beads at the same time. L.R. 7/3/04’; note on back. Wash; 10 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 Item