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411. Photo 92/6(31)

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Photo 92/6(31)
Title:
This [Padaung] dame looks quite capable of managing a political meeting or anything else. Pity the middle one has moved. The child on the right has already attained to 12 neck rings. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Padaung women of various ages. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

412. Photo 92/6(32)

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Photo 92/6(32)
Title:
A Padaung woman in the centre of the bazar [at Wan Kawngi, Shan State]. The poles are used to support awnings. The baskets are very comprehensive. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Market scene at Wan Kawngi. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 308, with caption note: 'Two Kèkawngdu women making purchases in the Kawng-i baz...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

413. Photo 92/6(33)

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Photo 92/6(33)
Title:
Lahu. Note the turbans. Some of the women have bare legs, others sort of puttees. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Lahu women in the centre of a village. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; ethnic groups; Lahus; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

414. Photo 92/6(34)

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Photo 92/6(34)
Title:
When Sawlawi had received his sanad from the British Government he made a triumphal entry to the town of Loikaw, capital of Karenni. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Crowds gathered for the entry of Sawlawi into Loikaw. Sawlawi was made chief of Eastern Karenni in place of uncle Sawlapaw, who was deposed by the British in early 1889. See also print 11. Subjects = Burmese rulers; official events; processions; Scott (Sir George) Col...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

415. Photo 92/6(35)

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Photo 92/6(35)
Title:
This shows Loikaw. Karenni is not on the same footing as the Shan States, but 'in alliance' with the British Empire. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Balu stream towards the main street of Loikaw. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 294, with caption note: 'Loikaw, the Headq...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

416. Photo 92/6(36)

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Photo 92/6(36)
Title:
The women dressed in light colours are Taungyo, and the dark one a Taungthu. The smock or jumper of the latter is black with a kind of diaper weave that excited admiration in the experts at the Sth. Kensington Mus. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Taungyo and one Taungthu women. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 303, with caption note: Karen ladies posed for their pictu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

417. Photo 92/6(37)

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Photo 92/6(37)
Title:
One of the lightly roofed sheds of an up-country bazar which shelters from the sun. The man in centre is in the light comfortable clothing of the Shans. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View inside bazaar, with Shan traders seated behind plates of footstuffs. Subjects = bazaars; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

418. Photo 92/6(38)

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Photo 92/6(38)
Title:
This is Lao Pan, one of the Panthays, or mule caravan men (Mohammedans). Four or five years after Scott's retirement, he received a letter from this man, saying : 'The Panthes are always faithful'. He was much touched. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, seated in front of a teak-built thatched house. The term Panthay was applied to the Chinese Mahommedans who brought caravans in from Yunnan. See Hobson-Jobson and Scott's Gazetteer. Subjects = ethnic groups; Panthays (ethnic group); Scott (Sir...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

419. Photo 92/6(39)

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Photo 92/6(39)
Title:
The very short jacket of the Akha or Kaw women is in contrast to the long jumper of the Taungthus. Their elaborate headdresses always evoke interest. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three Akha women posed in front of the fence surrounding a village. Subjects = Akhas (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

420. Photo 92/6(40)

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Photo 92/6(40)
Title:
Camp Me Hsai, used in Jan 1890 on the way to Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the camp. Scott's Gazetteer identifies Me Hsai as a small tributary on the right bank of the Mekong which for a portion of its length marks the border between Siam and Kengtung. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Me...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1890
Extent:
1 item