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131. Photo 92/2(55)

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Photo 92/2(55)
Title:
Ta Taw Ma. An important ferry across the Salween. On the road to Mehongson, which is six bullocks' marches distant. The left bank is low. In 1890 a Siamese post was placed on the left bank to watch the ferry. 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

132. Photo 92/2(56)

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Photo 92/2(56)
Title:
The Sawbwa of Lawksawk. Lawksawk contains an area of over 4,000 square miles. In this state are valuable teak forests, and in the west orange groves. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Sawbwa and family, posed in front of a textile backdrop, with the Sawbwa's haw or palace in the background. The figure seen here is Hkun Hsuk (b. 1863), who became Sawbwa of Lawksawk in 1900. Subjects = Burmese rulers; sawbwas (Shan rulers); S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

133. Photo 92/2(57)

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Photo 92/2(57)
Title:
Fort Stedman. This time [seen] from the north. See some pages back. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = forts; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Yaunghwe
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

134. Photo 92/2(58)

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Photo 92/2(58)
Title:
Burmese Monastery, Kengtung. Note the plantain tree in front, with its broad ribbon like leaves. Plantains are usually known to us as bananas, for we get most from the West Indies where they are so named. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

135. Photo 92/2(59)

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Photo 92/2(59)
Title:
The Gateway of Mone (Mong-nai). This is taken from the inside of the Haw [palace] enclosure looking out. For the stirring episode in which it played a part see 'Scott of the Shan Hills'. It was here the brigand Twet-nga-lu was captured. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along road towards walls and gateway, with pagodas in the distance. Print reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.122. The incident referred to in the caption is described on pp.122-23. Subjects = Scott (Sir George)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

136. Photo 92/2(60)

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Photo 92/2(60)
Title:
The Plain of Monglem [Yunnan]. These are the horse belonging to the British party which went up in 1897 to meet the Chinese by invitation. The Chinese style of the houses can be noted. The border line was not then settled. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'Scott had crossed the Nam Hka rather against his will. He wanted to get on and reach the chiefs of the Wild Wa. They claimed that Monglem was theirs and had been taken from them by the Chinese'. View looks across the valley towards the town and m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

137. Photo 92/2(61)

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Photo 92/2(61)
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A temporary bridge across a stream: Ko Up, Nam Teng. These bridges are put up speedily and neatly when required but are washed away when the floods come in the rainy season. Note the man in the flopping Shan headgear in the foreground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Nam Teng (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

138. Photo 92/2(62)

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Photo 92/2(62)
Title:
Kyok Teng Camp, Salween. Can't find this in the gazetteer. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View on the Salween, with a rocky island in mid-stream. 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

139. Photo 92/2(63)

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Photo 92/2(63)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably in the Shan States]. It was up and down streams like this that the only practicable route lies. It necessitates crossing and re-crossing perhaps forty times in a march. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

140. Photo 92/2(64)

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Photo 92/2(64)
Title:
Wat, Mong Hang. See a few pages back [print 28] for a photo of the smaller wat or kyoung here on extreme left. Mong Hang is a trans-Salween district of the S.S. [Southern Shan] state of Mong Pan, and is on the Siamese border. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple buildings. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples; wats (Shan temples) Location = Burma; Mong Hang; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item