These Karen women of Nawngpalai are playing with cotton spools from which they will weave material. The cooking pots & closely woven baskets are familiar in their daily lives. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women. Nawng Pa Le is featured in Scott's Gazetteer as a lake and village in Karenni (modern Kayah state), but has not been traced on modern maps. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kayah; Myanma...
This spirit shrine, with the spirit posts in the background, is particularly interesting, for the remains of a slaughtered hog adorn the altar in the foreground. Kye Bogi. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Genre: Architectural Photography The town of Kyebogi listed as Kye-Bo-Gyi in Scott's 'Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States' (5 vols, Rangoon, 1900-01). Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321...