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1511. Photo 92/1(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(67)
Title:
I do not know who this Chinese official is. But he has managed to get his bodyguard much steadier for the photograph. Note the umbrella showing his high rank, and the two trumpeters advancing. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The silver hilted dha bound with cord is very prominent. The man is evidently proud of it'. The official is on horseback, with his bodyguard ranged on either side of him. This is probably the Chinese official Chen, photographed during the Burma-Ch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

1512. Photo 92/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(12)
Title:
Sawbwa of Mongpawn and his baby heir. The state has an area of about 370 square miles, a long strip down the course of the Nam Pawn. Population chiefly Shan. The Sawbwa himself is a Shan and Buddhist. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the Sawbwa of Mong Pawn, his young heir (seated on chair beside him) and other members of the family. Posed in front of palace, with retainers holding umbrellas over the group. Subjects = Burmese rulers; ceremonial dress (Burma); ethnic groups; sawbwas ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1513. Photo 92/2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(24)
Title:
The Myosa of Mong Kung (over 1,600 sq. miles). In the eastern division of the southern Shan states. Bounded on the north by Hsipaw. Besides Shans and Palaungs there are Yangs in this state. Pottery is made here. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'When younger the chief had the misfortune to shoot one of his subjects. He got off on the plea that he was aimining at a fowl'. Group portrait of the chief of Mong Kung seated in front of his house with members of his family. Retainers hold umbrel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1514. Photo 92/4(36)

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Photo 92/4(36)
Title:
This shows the Bauhinia tree with its striking blossoms like snowdrifts. Seen close to the flowers are not really white but have a light mauve tint in the cup. They only last a week (in March). Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

1515. Photo 92/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(58)
Title:
These paddy fields lie in the Monglem plain at the base of the hills of which the conspicuous peak is Loi Ang Lawng (9,000 ft) visible all over the Wa states. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking across the valley. Subjects = agriculture; military (general); military campaigns; paddy fields; rice industry; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

1516. Photo 92/5(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(11)
Title:
A group of Wild Wa, women & a boy taken at Yawn Pruk in 1897. These are the Wa Pwi, said to be the wildest of all. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma) Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Yawn Pruk
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

1517. Photo 92/3(29)

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Photo 92/3(29)
Title:
A river in the Wild Wa country, first expedition. Very rocky bed. See the two huge rocks in mid-stream above. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along an unidentified river. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1518. Photo 92/3(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(30)
Title:
Mat and leaf shelters at midday in the Wild Wa country. Note the characteristic house with crossed sticks at the gable on hill above. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Temporary camp on level ground in foreground, Wa village on the hillside beyond. Probably taken during the First Wild Wa Expedition. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; military camps; military facilities; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1519. Photo 92/3(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(66)
Title:
Tip Htila, sister of the Kengtung Sawbwa and wife of the Myosa of Keng Kham [Keng Hkam], a very clever lady. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Tip Htila, standing on the verandah of a teak-built house, with four retainers or relatives squatting in front of her. Subjects = Burmese rulers; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1520. Photo 92/5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(1)
Title:
The Gold Stream in the Wa Country. 'Shan, Chinese, Burmese, Sikh, Gurkha and Briton dug in the sand & gravel in dogged silence'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of Scott's party prospecting for gold in the Wa's sacred stream, known as the Cave of the Golden Deer, during the Second Wild Wa Expedition. This print is reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.246. For a note on the visit, and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item