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1381. Photo 92/6(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(31)
Title:
This [Padaung] dame looks quite capable of managing a political meeting or anything else. Pity the middle one has moved. The child on the right has already attained to 12 neck rings. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Padaung women of various ages. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1382. Photo 92/11(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(112)
Title:
No. 54. Saga Myosa. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, seated on the ground, with attendants behind. Sow Sein Bu (b. c. 1857) succeeded his brother Kun Pwin in 1885, and is described by Scott as 'Undoubtedly loyal. Shrewd, sensible, and anxious to be of service, either actively or by giving advice' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889
Extent:
1 item

1383. Photo 92/11(134)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(134)
Title:
The Saga Myosa. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of Sow Sein Bu (b. c. 1857), Myosa of Saga from 1885. Scott assessed his character as follows: 'Undoubtedly loyal. Shrewd, sensible, and anxious to be of service, either actively or by giving advice' (OIOC Mss Eur F278/66 p. 11). [Albumen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889
Extent:
1 item

1384. Photo 92/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(20)
Title:
The Zayat at Ta Hsang Le. This is a ferry on the Salween 3 and a half miles SE of Wan Mau. It is the starting point for the Moulmein boat traffic from Ywathit. The river in the dry season is abt 250 yards broad. There is a fine zayat of good teak. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'It has an interior area of seventy-five feet by twenty-four and is capable of housing a company of infantry'. This is a quotation from the entry on Ta Hsang Le in Scott's Gazetteer. The print is an interior view of the open-sided zayat or res...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1385. Photo 92/4(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(33)
Title:
This young Sawbwa is he of Mawkmai who, on Scott's first visit to the place [in] 1888, greeted him with the news that his father, the old Sawbwa had died that morning. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans; umbrellas Location = Burma; Mawk Mai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1386. Photo 92/4(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(65)
Title:
Monastery Ta Mong Kai, Mawkmai. This is the name of a ferry over the Nam Teng. The village is on the right bank in a plain 6 miles long by 4 broad. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mawk Mai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1387. Photo 92/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(46)
Title:
Man Hpang. Village in the Wa Country, East Manglun [Shan State]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Man Hpang; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

1388. Photo 92/5(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(28)
Title:
The British and Chinese camps in the first [Burma-China] Boundary Commission. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of camp with sharp hills beyond. Precise location unknown. Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1389. Photo 92/5(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(40)
Title:
Another [Burma-China] Border scene, showing wide strath and precipitous hills in contrast. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1390. Photo 92/10(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/10(66)
Title:
Another Wild Wa woman [wearing] large flat earrings. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Wa woman, with other figures behind. [Gelatin silver print, 120x184mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; jewellery; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item