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421. Photo 92/6(35)

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Photo 92/6(35)
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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

422. Photo 92/6(36)

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Photo 92/6(36)
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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

423. Photo 92/6(37)

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Photo 92/6(37)
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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

424. Photo 92/6(38)

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Photo 92/6(38)
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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
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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

425. Photo 92/6(39)

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Photo 92/6(39)
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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
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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

426. 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
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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

427. Photo 92/6(41)

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Photo 92/6(41)
Title:
Mu-so people who call themselves Lahu, a brave people. Some of them live among the Was. Their long coats beautifully adorned with appliqué are what distinguishes them. A silver ornament, in the shape of a flower, is worn to hold them together. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three Lahus. Subjects = ethnic groups; Lahus; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

428. Photo 92/6(42)

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Photo 92/6(42)
Title:
More Taungyo people standing in front of a bamboo mat fence. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Taungyos
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

429. Photo 92/6(43)

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Photo 92/6(43)
Title:
Lahu on the rocks in jolly picnicking style. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Lahu women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Lahus; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

430. Photo 92/6(44)

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Photo 92/6(44)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably on the Salween.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection; unidentified Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item