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1351. Photo 92/3(44)

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Photo 92/3(44)
Title:
On the Chinese border. Note the man's coat, so different from those of the Shans. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Chinese farmer with bullock-drawn plough. Subjects = agriculture; animals; bullocks; ploughing; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1352. Photo 92/3(51)

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Photo 92/3(51)
Title:
Chinese drawbridge. On one of the bridges which form the frontier of the China-Burma border in the north. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = bridges; drawbridges; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1353. Photo 92/4(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(12)
Title:
People watching the photographer at Kengtung. It was certainly the first photographer they had ever seen, and probably the first European, for this was in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group seated on ground watching photographer. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1354. Photo 92/4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(13)
Title:
Durbar sports, Kengtung 1890. Wrestling. This was when Scott sat beside the uncouth Sawbwa and expected that there might be the signal for a massacre any minute. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group of spectators watching two youths wrestling. Subjects = durbars; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports; wrestling Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1355. Photo 92/4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(20)
Title:
This is one of Scott's earliest attempts at photography. They are probably people of the Myelat. But being better-class their dress does not betray them. The torques of the girls' heads might tell something. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three women posed in front of the verandah of a house. The Myelat was a collection of sixteen small states in the Southern Shan States. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1356. Photo 92/4(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(41)
Title:
Padaung belles, a photo which has been made up a little for reproduction. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group photograph of Padaung women, heavily retouched in highlights for reproduction as frontispiece to Scott's Handbook. Subjects = ethnic groups; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1357. Photo 92/4(64)

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Photo 92/4(64)
Title:
Some more Loi ling (Karen) women all with staves which shows up their heavy close-fitting armlets. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 59. A poor quality photograph. Subjects = Brés (ethnic group, Burma); ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1358. Photo 92/4(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(67)
Title:
A bamboo grove which shows the towering hills for which the Wa country is noted, behind. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Bamboos with tents pitched beneath in foreground, hills beyond. Subjects = bamboos; Scott (Sir George) Collection; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1359. Photo 92/5(18)

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Photo 92/5(18)
Title:
Camp Mong Pu, Kengtung. Note the spirit posts in the right hand distance. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bo trees; boundary commissions; camps; ficus religiosa (bo tree); peepul trees; Scott (Sir George) Collection; trees & plants Location = Burma; Mong Pu; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1360. Photo 92/5(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(25)
Title:
In this [Wa group] the crop-headed boy standing upright shows his blanket touching the ground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A clearer study of Wa men and women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item