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41. Photo 92/4(74)

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Photo 92/4(74)
Title:
The ferry over the Salween at Kunlon, one of the most important and in bygone days it had much trade. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kunlong; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 92/4(72)

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Photo 92/4(72)
Title:
The Sawbwa of Yaunghwe (Saw Maung). Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Sawbwa with wife and children. Subjects = Burmese rulers; ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Yaunghwe
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 92/4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(14)
Title:
Padaungs in cold weather dress. This most striking photo appeared in the American Geographic Mag. In spite of wraps some of the ladies' neck rings can be seen. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Padaung women, wearing blankets and some holding babies. 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. 298, with caption note: 'Padaung cold-weat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 92/4(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(17)
Title:
Gaungto bachelors on the rocks. Owing to absurdly strict laws of endogamy there are many unhappy bachelors [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated group of men of various ages. 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. 310, with caption note: 'In front of a Karen bachelors' hall (see text...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 92/4(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(55)
Title:
Padaungs wearing their best clothes with silver ornaments on their chests [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Padaung women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 92/4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(27)
Title:
The Heng Long, Hwe Ya, and Karens. A Heng is a headman. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Karen group squatting in front of a tent. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 92/4(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(45)
Title:
Takaw. This is the well known ferry over the Salween. The village of same name is on the right bank 1 and a half miles up a side stream. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the river at the crossing point. 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

48. Photo 92/4(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(12)
Title:
People watching the photographer at Kengtung. It was certainly the first photographer they had ever seen, and probably the first European, for this was in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group seated on ground watching photographer. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 92/4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(13)
Title:
Durbar sports, Kengtung 1890. Wrestling. This was when Scott sat beside the uncouth Sawbwa and expected that there might be the signal for a massacre any minute. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group of spectators watching two youths wrestling. Subjects = durbars; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports; wrestling Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 92/4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(20)
Title:
This is one of Scott's earliest attempts at photography. They are probably people of the Myelat. But being better-class their dress does not betray them. The torques of the girls' heads might tell something. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three women posed in front of the verandah of a house. The Myelat was a collection of sixteen small states in the Southern Shan States. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item