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1331. Photo 92/1(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(70)
Title:
This is the well-known ferry of TaKaw across the Salween. It is on the road to Kengtung. The banks are very rocky. The river is abt 200 yds broad in dry season and runs close under the right bank. The stream is very deep and rocky and the current rapid. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography See also print 48. Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan; Takaw
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

1332. Photo 92/2(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(45)
Title:
The Salween at Meng Hawn Ferry. The size of the dug-out on the other side gives the scale [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; local craft; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection; transport; water transport Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1333. Photo 92/3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(1)
Title:
This is the ferry across the Salween on the road between Nawng Hpa & Man Hpang. It is called Ta Pang Ti. he river is about 100 yds broads with a depth of 30 feet. The ferry is much used by caravans to and from Na Fan in the Wa country. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; 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

1334. Photo 92/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(2)
Title:
Buffalo posts in the Wa village of Mot Hsamo. Set up to signify the sacrifice of a buffalo for the good of the community. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Buffalo posts set up in foreground, with the village beyond. Photographed during Scott's first visit to the Wa country, and reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.184. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); buffalo posts; dwelli...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1335. Photo 92/3(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(52)
Title:
Waterfall of the Nam Hka into the Salween. At Ta Man Hsum. The cascade falls 200 feet in the great leap. When swollen by rain it would leap right across the Salween, here 40 ft [wide], and block the way. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Salween towards its confluence with the Nam Hka, which falls into the river in a dramatic cascade. Ta Man Hsum is not listed in Scott's Gazetteer, but is a point some 25 miles north of Takaw. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Colle...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1336. Photo 92/5(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(16)
Title:
A back street in Kengtung. The woman holds a cooking pot; the men wear the ditinctive bamboo hats of the Shans. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
General view, somewhat indistinct of a street in Keng Tung. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection; street scenes Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1337. Photo 92/6(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(52)
Title:
Hopong hill. The town and Haw are near the tree on the right. A large proportion of the low lying land is under cultivation Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Ho-pong and the nearby conical hill. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Ho-pong; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1338. Photo 92/16(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(6)
Title:
A stone book 26 feet long 4 feet broad and 2 feet thich (see 37). A Buddhist priest stands on the left and a Singhalese headsman [sic] in official dress on the right [Polonnaruwa]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Two figures standing beside massive stone block with inscriptions on upper surface and carved frieze around sides. The original caption has been emended by Geraldine Mitton, who has crossed out the dimensions quoted above and written, 'weighing 25 tons, transpor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1339. Photo 92/16(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(14)
Title:
Mineria lake or tank, this used to be the haunt of every kind of wild animal found in Ceylon. It is about 30 miles round. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking across the vast tank. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 282x199mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; irrigation systems; Scott (Sir George) Collection; tanks; water supplies Location = Ceylon; Minneriya; North Central Provinc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1340. Photo 92/17(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(20)
Title:
This seems to be a tomb of dagoba erected in the centre of some palace probably to keep the spot sacred as far as possible, but of this it is not certain [Thuparama Dagaba as it was before 'restoration']. [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Thuparama Dagaba from the south-east, surrounded by standing pillars, and with steps and guardstones in the foreground. The note in square brackets above is Geraldine Mitton's amendation of the original caption. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawto...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item