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31. Photo 92/4(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(16)
Title:
Gaungto boys in the bazar [Wan Kawngi, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 311, with caption note: 'Gaungto (Zayein) boys buying candy in the Kawng-i bazaar. The big hat of the Shan ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 92/4(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(71)
Title:
In the border hills showing the winding track ahead [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Precise location unspecified. Terraced cultivation along side of valley. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 92/4(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(63)
Title:
Loi Lon in the Wa country. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Loi Lon; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 92/4(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(70)
Title:
The thatched bridge at Monglem [Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Close-up view of the thatched bridge across the Nam Lwi at Monglem in Chinese territory; visited by Scott during the Second Wild Wa Expedition. Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Nam Lwi (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 92/4(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(24)
Title:
A military post was created at Mone [Mong Nai] after the suppression of Twet ngu lu. Lieut Fowler was left in charge. This is a view of the military huts. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the thatched huts of the camp. Twek Nga Lu was captured by Scott and Fowler in 1888. See G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), pp.120-25. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mong Nai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1888
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 92/4(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(30)
Title:
A dak bungalow or rest-house near a group of pagodas. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Small thatched bungalow, with large shaded verandah in foreground. A pair of chinthes at the entrance to a group of pagodas (partially visible) can be seen in the left background. Location unknown Subjects = British colonial architecture; dak bungalows; restho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 92/4(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(61)
Title:
Camp under a huge many branched pipal tree at Mong Pu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing tents pitched under the pipal tree. The house at the right may be the structure seen in print 34. Possibly photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission of 1898-9. Subjects = Bo trees; boundary commissions; camps; ficus religiosa (bo tree); peepu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 92/4(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(18)
Title:
Bré women standing among the rocks, showing the ungainly and awkward system of projecting leg-rings which hamper their every movement. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 312, with caption note: 'Dames and debutantes of the Karen Hills. The background gives an idea of the topogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 92/4(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(31)
Title:
These people have their tresasures displayed before them as is customary. The water goblet is of silver, as also is the decorated small bowl on a stand. The principal lady holds a green cherut. [Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of a Shan family, posed on the verandah of their house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 92/4(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(6)
Title:
This is a back street in Kengtung, where the cross-trees of the roof are in the same style as in Wa-land. The tiles distinguishe the better-class houses. The tree is obviously a ficus. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along a street of tiled houses in Keng Tung. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item