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11. Photo 92/2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(29)
Title:
View on Upper Salween in dry weather [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along river towards wooded hills. Subjects = 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

12. Photo 92/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(74)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably on the Salween in the Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = 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

13. Photo 92/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(4)
Title:
Banyang Loilong men (Karens). Note the shaven heads and the boars' tushes worn by bachelors. The Banyangs are strict endogamists [Loilong, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'They tattoo two black squares beneath their chins and it is a joke that whereever there is a smooth sheet of water there will be found a Loilong man admiring his chin'. Group portrait standing in front of a thatched house. Subjects = ethni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 92/2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(70)
Title:
Fort on the Tali River [Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission. For a duplicate of this print, see Photo 92/11 (315). Subjects = forts; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Tali (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 92/2(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(58)
Title:
Burmese Monastery, Kengtung. Note the plantain tree in front, with its broad ribbon like leaves. Plantains are usually known to us as bananas, for we get most from the West Indies where they are so named. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 92/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(1)
Title:
A Shan-Chinese family [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 92/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(11)
Title:
Pagodas at Loi An, five or six miles from Kalaw [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of pagodas and chinthes in ruinous and overgrown state. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); chinthes (Burmese temple guardian figures); Indian sculpture; pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temple...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 92/2(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(52)
Title:
Kyok Peit On, Salween. Not been able to identify this. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View on the Salween River. Subjects = 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

19. Photo 92/2(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(27)
Title:
Pagodas at Mong Heng. Another view of this richly endowed village, showing more modern style, heavily decorated pagodas [Northern Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards hill, with several pagodas in foreground. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; temples Location = Burma; Mong Heng; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 92/2(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(43)
Title:
A group of Yawyin men & women [at Monh Hsing]. These curious people are also called Tingpan Yao, and are certainly related to the Li-hsaw. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'The Yao women wear 'an extraordinary bamboo platform of leather, covered with red cloth, supported by struts at a height of two feet above the head. The hair is carried up in a column to this, and fastened down with gum or lai on the flat pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item