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91. Photo 92/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(15)
Title:
The Salween in Karenni. The peak rising behind Loi Namon is about 7,000 feet above sea level [?Kayah State]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view on the Salween looking towards the mountain Loi Namon (Loi Na Noi?)in the distance. See also Photo 92/5 (53). 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

92. Photo 92/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(16)
Title:
[Rest house and pagodas, ?Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Corner of verandah of rest house in foreground, temple pagodas beyond. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

93. Photo 92/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(17)
Title:
These people are Danus. The golden umbrellas show that they are rulers [?Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group posed in front of a substantial teak house, with retainers holding umbrellas over them. See also Photo 92/4 (73) Subjects = Burmese rulers; ceremonial dress (Burma); Danus (ethnic group); ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

94. Photo 92/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(18)
Title:
Sawbwa's Haw or Palace, Keng-tung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Good general view of the teak built palace. Subjects = Burmese architecture; palaces; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

95. Photo 92/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(19)
Title:
Camp at Nam Palo, Wild Wa country [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Showing the camp and village at Nam Palo near Na Fan, where the 2nd Wild Wa Expedition stopped on the night of Easter Sunday 1897. This print links with Photo 92/1 (63) to form a panoramic view of the village and camp. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

96. Photo 92/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(20)
Title:
The Zayat at Ta Hsang Le. This is a ferry on the Salween 3 and a half miles SE of Wan Mau. It is the starting point for the Moulmein boat traffic from Ywathit. The river in the dry season is abt 250 yards broad. There is a fine zayat of good teak. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'It has an interior area of seventy-five feet by twenty-four and is capable of housing a company of infantry'. This is a quotation from the entry on Ta Hsang Le in Scott's Gazetteer. The print is an interior view of the open-sided zayat or res...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

97. Photo 92/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(21)
Title:
Mong Hsok. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Subjects = dress; dress (Burmese); processions; Scott (Sir George) Collection; umbrellas Location = Burma; Mong Hsok; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

98. Photo 92/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(22)
Title:
A Shan [or Danu] Princess. The lady with her careful attire, ornaments and silk skirt is obviously an aristocrat. Her daleezan or neck ornament is of fine work. Her bangles are of gold and her jewels real though roughly cut. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait against a textile backdrop. The lady wears European lace-up boots. Another portrait of this woman, taken on the same occasion, can be found at Photo 92/4 (21): she is there identified as being 'undoubtedly a Danu'. Subjects = Burme...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

99. Photo 92/2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(23)
Title:
Siamese post at Hwe Lang. In 1890 the Siamese Comissioners were at last persuaded to meet their British opposite numbers. They camped near Hwe Lang, a stream flowing into the Salween and forming the northern boundary of trans-Salween Karenni. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the Siamese boundary commission camp at Hwe Lang. Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Hwe Lang; Kayah; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

100. Photo 92/2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(24)
Title:
The Myosa of Mong Kung (over 1,600 sq. miles). In the eastern division of the southern Shan states. Bounded on the north by Hsipaw. Besides Shans and Palaungs there are Yangs in this state. Pottery is made here. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'When younger the chief had the misfortune to shoot one of his subjects. He got off on the plea that he was aimining at a fowl'. Group portrait of the chief of Mong Kung seated in front of his house with members of his family. Retainers hold umbrel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item