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61. Photo 92/6(6)

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Photo 92/6(6)
Title:
Brè girls. They were shy, not knowing how much the camera might reveal. The one on the right is married and is wearing her husband's bachelor boars' tushes [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two Brè (Karen) girls seated on a rock, showing brass leg bands. The pose is telling: both girls cover the lower part of the face with one hand, while the other is held between the thighs. This photograph is reproduced as the frontispiece to Scott's 'Burma and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 92/6(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(29)
Title:
The men of the Padaung village sit on the slopes outside their houses to discuss the bazar news,while the women collect together further off. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography General village scene. Subjects = ethnic groups; Karens; Padaungs; rural life; Scott (Sir George) Collection; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 92/6(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(37)
Title:
One of the lightly roofed sheds of an up-country bazar which shelters from the sun. The man in centre is in the light comfortable clothing of the Shans. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View inside bazaar, with Shan traders seated behind plates of footstuffs. Subjects = bazaars; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 92/6(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(49)
Title:
Akha girls and men. The girls are wearing the cloth leggings to protect their legs from leeches. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length group portrait. Subjects = Akhas (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 92/6(53)

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Photo 92/6(53)
Title:
These are Was on the outer fringes of that country; known as the 'tame' Wa. Their costume is very neat, though their enormous candlestick earrings of silver must be a nuisance. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length group of Wa women. Subjects = ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 92/6(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(36)
Title:
The women dressed in light colours are Taungyo, and the dark one a Taungthu. The smock or jumper of the latter is black with a kind of diaper weave that excited admiration in the experts at the Sth. Kensington Mus. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Taungyo and one Taungthu women. 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. 303, with caption note: Karen ladies posed for their pictu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 92/6(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(10)
Title:
Akha women, one with a sort of witch's cap, they differ in details with different sections of the tribe [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Akhas (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 92/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(11)
Title:
Sawlawi, who became ruler of Karenni after the deposition of his uncle, is seated near the table on the left, his wife, also in a chair, at the other end. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, similar to, and taken on the same occasion as Photo 92/4 (7). See also print 34. Probably photographed at Loikaw. Subjects = Burmese rulers; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Kayah; Loikaw; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 92/6(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(16)
Title:
One of the main trading concerns of the Karennis is the timber which grows along the river banks. Here is some which has been cut, floating down a creek. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection; teak; timber industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 92/6(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(22)
Title:
A pagoda being built. The Htee is put on last of all and it is the occasion for much ceremony. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Pagoda under construction, encased in wooden scaffolding. This shows the brickwork structure of the pagoda, with stucco not yet applied. The htee or hti, is an umbrella-shaped finial. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); constructi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item