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1311. Photo 92/5(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(73)
Title:
The Siamese Commissioners at Keng Cheng [now Muong Sing, Laos] 1891-2. This was the second Siamese Commission but the first time no Siamese turned up. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Laos; Muong Sing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1312. Photo 92/6(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(4)
Title:
Zayein Karen women. The chief feature about them, after their heavy arm-rings, seems to be the untidiness of their unkempt hair [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of women, posed in front of a thatched house. 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. 306, with caption note: 'The Zayein Karen women...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1313. Photo 92/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(12)
Title:
These little girls are Padaungs and have already been broken into the wearing of the brass rings round their small necks [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Padaung girls in front of a house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1314. Photo 92/6(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(14)
Title:
White Karen traders. These men go long distances into wild wastes or up the turbulent Salween. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of five White Karen men. Published (cropped) in Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 318, with caption note: 'White Karen traders. The man on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1315. Photo 92/6(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(15)
Title:
These are the [White Karen] womenfolk to match them. Their village is called Muchi Lochalo. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection; White Karens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1316. Photo 92/6(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(18)
Title:
Padaung women and children standing about on a slope outside their well-thatched houses. Each house has a verandah as it is practically dark inside. The step ladder is worn by the continual use of their bare feet. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1317. Photo 92/6(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(62)
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 Terraced paddy fields along the side of a valley. This forms the left-hand section of a panoramic view continued in print 63. 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

1318. Photo 92/8(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/8(34)
Title:
Akha girls dancing. A favourite game of theirs to swing one another round so fast that it is impossible to get a photo [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dance in progress. As the caption implies, a very blurred photograph. Subjects = Akhas (ethnic group); dance; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

1319. Photo 92/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(13)
Title:
A group of Chinese buildings probably over the border into Yunnan fu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Chinese architecture; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

1320. Photo 92/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(59)
Title:
Monglem (Chinese Menglin) seen across the river in 1897. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the town from across the Nam Lwi. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item