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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(43)
Title:: [Burmese couple of the upper class seated on a wooden couch.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Burmese man and woman seated on a carved wooden couch. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(44)
Title:: A Burmese man. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait, against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene. The man holds a long cigar in his left hand. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; rites and customs; tobacco
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(45)
Title:: Burmese dancing girl. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, against a painted backdrop, of a girl in dancing costume. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); dance; dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(46)
Title:: [Burmese monk and attendant.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait, against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene. The monk is accompanied by a young Chinese servant who holds an umbrella over him. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; monks; religion; religion...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(47)
Title:: Burmese priests (Poongees). Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Class in progress in a Burmese monastery. Two older monks, seated on a stone platform, read from palm leaf books while their pupils, young novitiates, are seated below them on a mat. A servant girl standing in the background fans the monks. Subjects = educati...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(48)
Title:: Burmese Hpongyees [monks] collecting alms. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Line of monks with bowls, posed in front of pagodas. Subjects = monks; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(49)
Title:: Preparations of a Burmese cremation. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of the elaborate pyre, with spectators gathered around. Subjects = cremation; funerals; religion (Buddhism); religious observances (Buddhist); rites and customs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(50)
Title:: [A Burmese cremation.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Closer view of the main pyre seen in the preceding print, here on fire. The flames and smoke have been added by later retouching. Subjects = cremation; funerals; rites and customs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(51)
Title:: Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Showing at elephant at work shifting a baulk of teak in a Rangoon timber yard, with his mahout seated on his back. Section missing in sky area of print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1890
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 92/6(9)
Title:: This is the village of Klaw-ku, which had been temporarily deserted on account of the plague. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched houses on a wooded hillside. Precise location of Klaw-ku unknown, presumably in the Shan States. Presumably the same location as Photo 92/8 (35), where the reason given for abandonment is cholera. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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