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41. Photo 92/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(12)
Title:
These little girls are Padaungs and have already been broken into the wearing of the brass rings round their small necks [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Padaung girls in front of a house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 92/6(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(14)
Title:
White Karen traders. These men go long distances into wild wastes or up the turbulent Salween. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of five White Karen men. Published (cropped) in Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 318, with caption note: 'White Karen traders. The man on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 92/6(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(15)
Title:
These are the [White Karen] womenfolk to match them. Their village is called Muchi Lochalo. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Scott (Sir George) Collection; White Karens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 92/6(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(18)
Title:
Padaung women and children standing about on a slope outside their well-thatched houses. Each house has a verandah as it is practically dark inside. The step ladder is worn by the continual use of their bare feet. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 92/6(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(62)
Title:
More of the wonderful terraced cultivation, this time not far from the [?Chinese] border. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Terraced paddy fields along the side of a valley. This forms the left-hand section of a panoramic view continued in print 63. Subjects = agriculture; crops; paddy fields; panoramas; rice; rice terraces; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 92/6(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(60)
Title:
A village in the Wa country. They prefer hills. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 92/6(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(52)
Title:
Hopong hill. The town and Haw are near the tree on the right. A large proportion of the low lying land is under cultivation Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Ho-pong and the nearby conical hill. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Ho-pong; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 92/6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(7)
Title:
White Karen girls. Their ear tubes which stand out like miniature ear trumpets are very noticeable [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed in front of the verandah of a house. 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. 299, with caption note: 'White Karen girls and children ......
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 92/6(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(9)
Title:
This is the village of Klaw-ku, which had been temporarily deserted on account of the plague. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched houses on a wooded hillside. Precise location of Klaw-ku unknown, presumably in the Shan States. Presumably the same location as Photo 92/8 (35), where the reason given for abandonment is cholera. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 92/6(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(24)
Title:
This, and the next pictures, show a Padaung spirit dance, rarely witnessed by Europeans. They first leave an opening but gradually complete the circle. It is all very ceremonious. The lady in the foreground is wearing a decorated bag. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of the circle of dancers. Subjects = dance; ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; religion; Scott (Sir George) Collection; spirit dances; spirit worship
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item