Gaungto boys in the bazar [Wan Kawngi, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 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. 311, with caption note: 'Gaungto (Zayein) boys buying candy in the Kawng-i bazaar. The big hat of the Shan ...
View taken during first visit to the Boundary 1898-9, Mong Pu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of a road, spirit posts at right. Presumably photographed on the way to join the Burma-China Boundary Commission. Mong Pu is well inside Burmese territory, some 60 miles south-west of Keng Tung. Probably taken on the same occasion as print 18. Subject...
[Unidentified village, possibly in the Wa country, Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched houses ranged along the crest of a hill. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; unidentified; villages
A street in Yunnan [Kunming]. Note the length and straightness right up to the gate. Also the vile pavé. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Landscape Photography With Chinese group watching photographer in foreground. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection; street scenes Location = China; Kunming; Yunnan
Mong Hsaw. Scott told the Chinese officials he was going to 'our' village of Mong Hsaw on the border. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to preceding view. See G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), p.228, for a note on this caption. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); boundary commissions; dwellings; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; street scenes; villages Locat...
No. 8. The Shan Levy, 1889 [at Fort Stedman, Yaunghwe]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Troops on parade. Possibly the photograph referred to in Scott's diary for 6 December: 'Did a photo of the Shan Levy in the morning...' (OIOC Mss Eur F278/4 f. 97). [Albumen print, 240x181mm]. Subjects = military (general); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shan Levy Location = Burma; Myanmar;...