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1261. Photo 92/4(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(18)
Title:
Bré women standing among the rocks, showing the ungainly and awkward system of projecting leg-rings which hamper their every movement. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
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. 312, with caption note: 'Dames and debutantes of the Karen Hills. The background gives an idea of the topogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1262. Photo 92/4(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

1263. Photo 92/5(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(72)
Title:
A view of the Mekhong in part of its course amid sandbanks [?Yunnan, China]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Mekong (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1264. Photo 92/5(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(75)
Title:
The Keng Cheng Myosa brought into the foreground; he had hidden himself away and no wonder [now Muong Sing, Laos]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Burmese rulers; durbars; Myosas; official events; regalias; Scott (Sir George) Collection; umbrellas Location = Laos; Muong Sing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

1265. Photo 92/6(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(63)
Title:
More of the wonderful terraced cultivation, this time not far from the [?Chinese] border. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Continuation from print 62 of panoramic view. Subjects = agriculture; crops; paddy fields; panoramas; rice; rice terraces; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1266. Photo 92/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(15)
Title:
The Salween in Karenni. The peak rising behind Loi Namon is about 7,000 feet above sea level [?Kayah State]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view on the Salween looking towards the mountain Loi Namon (Loi Na Noi?)in the distance. See also Photo 92/5 (53). Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1267. Photo 92/2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(30)
Title:
Chain bridge on the Shweli River. This bridge is in two parts, east and west, the centre resting on an island. Beyond it can be seen the fields chiselled for the cultivation of paddy. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the bridge. This print is reproduced in Scott's Burma and Beyond.(London, 1932), facing p.22. See also Photo 92/6 (45) for a more general view of the bridge. Another view at Photo 92/8 (7). Subjects = agriculture; bridges; crops; paddy field...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1268. Photo 92/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(32)
Title:
Camp at Me Nyin Sang. This is on the Salween, where it is narrow, and shows the tents set about on the sandy, rocky spit. The boats below on the right give the scale, also the few figures [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the Salween, with heavily-forested hills rising on either bank, and camp in foreground. Me Nyin Sang note traced in Scott's Gazetteer. Subjects = camps; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Me Nyin Sang; Myanmar; Salween (rive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1269. Photo 92/2(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(37)
Title:
Sawbwa's Haw, Kengtung. This picture is so headed, but it is not a very striking view, the gateway entrance and wall only; whereas the haw, or palace, on the other side, is quite an imposing looking building. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography See print 18 for the other view of the palace referred to. Subjects = Burmese architecture; palaces; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1270. Photo 92/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(44)
Title:
Salween (Kyok Teng Sakan). This is so marked in the old album and I can find nothing more about it. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item