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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

261. Photo 92/4(28)

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Photo 92/4(28)
Title:
The Haw market-place, Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of open ground with thatched houses beyond. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

262. Photo 92/4(29)

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Photo 92/4(29)
Title:
[Unidentified Shan sawbwa.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group, seated beneath ceremonial umbrellas. No caption supplied. Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans; umbrellas
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

263. Photo 92/4(30)

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Photo 92/4(30)
Title:
A dak bungalow or rest-house near a group of pagodas. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Small thatched bungalow, with large shaded verandah in foreground. A pair of chinthes at the entrance to a group of pagodas (partially visible) can be seen in the left background. Location unknown Subjects = British colonial architecture; dak bungalows; restho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

264. Photo 92/4(31)

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Photo 92/4(31)
Title:
These people have their tresasures displayed before them as is customary. The water goblet is of silver, as also is the decorated small bowl on a stand. The principal lady holds a green cherut. [Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of a Shan family, posed on the verandah of their house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

265. Photo 92/4(32)

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Photo 92/4(32)
Title:
This is a wonderful photograph of intimate domestic Wild Wa life. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Was squatting outside thatched houses. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

266. Photo 92/4(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(33)
Title:
This young Sawbwa is he of Mawkmai who, on Scott's first visit to the place [in] 1888, greeted him with the news that his father, the old Sawbwa had died that morning. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans; umbrellas Location = Burma; Mawk Mai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

267. Photo 92/4(34)

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Photo 92/4(34)
Title:
This shows a curious type of temporary building with huge leaves worked in between bambos as a leaf screen. [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

268. Photo 92/4(35)

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Photo 92/4(35)
Title:
This is another picture of [the Sawbwa of] Mawkmai, with an array of golden umbrellas held over him and his heir, and his principal wife. The lower umbrella over the younger son and secondary wife are very eloquent. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group taken on the same occasion as print 33, but a more head-on view. Subjects = Burmese rulers; ceremonial dress (Burma); dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans; umbrellas Location = Burma; Mawk Mai; M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

269. Photo 92/4(36)

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Photo 92/4(36)
Title:
This shows the Bauhinia tree with its striking blossoms like snowdrifts. Seen close to the flowers are not really white but have a light mauve tint in the cup. They only last a week (in March). Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

270. Photo 92/4(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(37)
Title:
Huts of the country. [Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking across a field towards thatched huts raised on piles. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item