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Photo 92/4

Record Id:: 040-003045351
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003045119
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000f08
LARK:
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 92/4
Title:: Scott Collection: Views in Keng Tung and the Wild Wa Country. Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Scope & Content:: Black half-leather bound album (spine broken and covers detached) measuring 304 x 370 mm, with prints inserted one to a page in window mounts, with typewritten captions pasted beneath each print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003045119
040-003045351
Is part of:: Photo 92 : Sir James George Scott Collection: Photographs of Burma (particularly the Shan States). Photographer(s): Scott, James George

Photo 92/4 : Scott Collection: Views in Keng Tung and the Wild Wa Country. Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Contains:: Photo 92/4(1) : The man in the middle is holding a Temple Oke or food vessel for offerings, in his hands. Probably covered with gold leaf. Behind…
Photo 92/4(2) : Two pagodas, one being repaired which is very unusual, a man wld always sooner build a new one than repair an old, as in the first…
Photo 92/4(3) : This is a camp near the end of the [Burma-China] Boundary Commission, 1st year. The camps can be seen in the distance. The…
Photo 92/4(4) : These people are posed as is usual, in front of a kaligarh or cloth, sometimes of black velvet, decorated with sequins and patterns…
Photo 92/4(5) : Scott, with Pink and Darwin on the first momentous expedition to Kengtung in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/4(6) : 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…
Photo 92/4(7) : This is a picture of Sawlawi who was elected to the gadi in Karenni when his uncle Sawlawpaw finally acknowledged defeat. He was…
Photo 92/4(8) : Pang Hkeng, Mone [Mong Nai] Valley. But for the paddy squares in middle distance this lovely might be an English…
Photo 92/4(9) : Sintaung Pagoda outside Mone [Mong Nai]. This boss of rock is exactly what appeals to the Burman mind as a good site for a…
Photo 92/4(10) : Camp of military support, Wan Mau, Jan 1890. This was on the Second Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission, the first having been…
Photo 92/4(11) : The Loilong Myosa, a Karen. The state is a mass of hills. About 1,600 square miles. No less than 14 different races are found in…
Photo 92/4(12) : People watching the photographer at Kengtung. It was certainly the first photographer they had ever seen, and probably the…
Photo 92/4(13) : Durbar sports, Kengtung 1890. Wrestling. This was when Scott sat beside the uncouth Sawbwa and expected that there might be the…
Photo 92/4(14) : Padaungs in cold weather dress. This most striking photo appeared in the American Geographic Mag. In spite of wraps some of…
Photo 92/4(15) : This is another one of the Loilong Myosa with his minister instead of his wives. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/4(16) : Gaungto boys in the bazar [Wan Kawngi, Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/4(17) : Gaungto bachelors on the rocks. Owing to absurdly strict laws of endogamy there are many unhappy bachelors [Shan States].…
Photo 92/4(18) : Bré women standing among the rocks, showing the ungainly and awkward system of projecting leg-rings which hamper their…
Photo 92/4(19) : A creek which leaves no room for a track; such a stream would probably have to be crossed thirty times in one march [?Shan…
Photo 92/4(20) : This is one of Scott's earliest attempts at photography. They are probably people of the Myelat. But being better-class their…
Photo 92/4(21) : This lady, who has diamonds in her ears and on her torque, wears a magnificent daleezan or flat neckchain, but has European shoes…
Photo 92/4(22) : [Unidentified couple, Shan States.] Here the European influence is very apparent. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/4(23) : Man Hpang, capital of Mot hai. This shows a Wa village on the top of a hill. There is a huge earth rampart all around, and only…
Photo 92/4(24) : 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…
Photo 92/4(25) : Htam Long Stream, Mong Hsat, in the south of Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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Hierarchy:: 032-003045119[0004]/040-003045351
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 92
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 76 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:: Not applicable
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Techniques:: Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Start Date:: 1880
End Date:: 1899
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 190 mm x 240 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Purchase, 1949: Purchased from Lady Scott. Acquired in 1949.
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known