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61. Photo 92/2(71)

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Photo 92/2(71)
Title:
A characteristic camp with the dead ficus in foreground; the heavily foliaged mango and the ribbon-like leaf of the plantain on the left [?Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene; location unknown, probably in the Shan States. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 92/2(20)

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Photo 92/2(20)
Title:
The Zayat at Ta Hsang Le. This is a ferry on the Salween 3 and a half miles SE of Wan Mau. It is the starting point for the Moulmein boat traffic from Ywathit. The river in the dry season is abt 250 yards broad. There is a fine zayat of good teak. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'It has an interior area of seventy-five feet by twenty-four and is capable of housing a company of infantry'. This is a quotation from the entry on Ta Hsang Le in Scott's Gazetteer. The print is an interior view of the open-sided zayat or res...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 92/2(36)

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Photo 92/2(36)
Title:
Riang (Yang Wan Hkun) women. There are three clans of Riang, hence the additional [Shan] name in brackets. The skirt and jacket are of indigo blue cloth, but the latter is adorned with beads and scarlet appliqué. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'Coils of thin bamboo or cane are worn round the waist'. Group portrait of women arranged in front of a thatched house. Poor quality print. See Scott's Burma: A handbook... for an acount of the various Riang clans. Subjects = ethnic groups;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 92/2(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(42)
Title:
Riang (Yang Wan Hkun) women. Another group of the same tribe as a few pages back. Here seen rather more clearly. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'The woman prominently in front is also a Riang, but belongs to the Yang Sek tribe who dress differently, they wear a sort of jumper or smock with red and white stripes, the stripes coming from each side over their shoulder'. Groupportrait in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 92/2(51)

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Photo 92/2(51)
Title:
Myosa of Pinhmi with wives and children. Pinhmi is one of the smallest of the states and the people are Danus. The Shan name is Pang Mi. It is in the Myelay and touches Yawnghwe. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, arranged in front of a decorative textile backdrop, with retainers holders ceremonial umbrellas over the sitters. Subjects = Burmese rulers; Danus (ethnic group); dress; dress (Burmese); ethnic groups; Myosas; Scott (Sir George) Collection; umbrella...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 92/2(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(63)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably in the Shan States]. It was up and down streams like this that the only practicable route lies. It necessitates crossing and re-crossing perhaps forty times in a march. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 92/2(68)

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Photo 92/2(68)
Title:
A view of Mone. Mone (otherwise Mong-nai) has played a large part in the history of the states. It is over 2,716 square miles in area. It was here the rebel Twet nga lu was captured, after the brilliant dash by a handful of men in 1889. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Sintaung Pagoda on the hillside. The building in the right foreground is presumably the haw or palace. Duplicate at Photo 92/4 (76). Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; palaces; Scott (Sir Geo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 92/2(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(67)
Title:
Myosa of Loi Ngun. This peculiar name is spelt in Burmese Ngwe-daung. The state is a sub-feudatory of Eastern Karenni. The Myosa was in charge up to 1896, was then deposed by Sawlawi (Ruler of Karenni) and died in prison the next year. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'He looks so melancholy here he might have forseen his unhappy fate'. Full-length seated portrait, with retainers, in front of a tent.He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment and died at Ywathit in August 1897. Subjects = Burmese rulers; et...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 92/2(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(50)
Title:
Sawbwa of Tawnpeng and his wives. This state is in Burmese 'Taung Baing' or Loi long. It is not large, being about 500 square miles, but it is rich owing to the tea growing. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The people are mostly Palaungs or Rumai, but there are also quite a number of Kachins. The old man shown here is dead and one of the boys in front is now Sawbwa and has two sons being educated in England'. Group probably photographed at Namhsan, c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 92/2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(33)
Title:
Myosa of Mong Hsu (d.1917). A small province of only 164 square miles. Rolling country with limestone cliffs dotted about. These are often crowned with pagodas. Note the elephant boxes in the background. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the chief of Mong Hsu and some of his family, with retainers holding umbrellas over them. The Myosa seen here is presumably Hkun Maha, eldest son of a father of the same name, who succeeded in 1893. Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; dress (Burmese...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item