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151. 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

152. Photo 92/2(76)

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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

153. 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

154. 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

155. 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

156. 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

157. Photo 92/3(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(5)
Title:
A variety of pagodas from the plain to the ornate in Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of a cluster of pagodas. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 92/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(6)
Title:
[Scene in Keng Tung.] A different point of view of the scene on the previous page. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Similar view to, but in better condition than print 4. In the foreground is a garden in European style, with a group of Burmese gathered at the gateway. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 92/3(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(7)
Title:
Here the highly decorated and cage-like htees on the pagodas show up well. Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up up view of pagodas. The htees are the structures surrounding the finial of the pagodas. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 92/3(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(8)
Title:
A Kachin house, with spirit posts all round outside. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of a long thatched house surrounded by spirit posts. These take the form of a tapering length of timber with an umbrella-like object attached a short distance from the top. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kachins; religion; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item