Photo 99(45)

Genre: Portrait Photography

Group portrait of Sawbwas and Myosas from the Shan and Karen States of Upper Burma, dressed in ceremonial attire at the Delhi Durbar of 1903. In the front row are seated the Sawbwas of the following Southern Shan States: Mong Pawn, Keng Tung, Mong Nai and Yaunghwe. Standing behind are rulers of three Karen states: the Myosa of Hsamongham, the Sawbwa of South Hsenwi and the Sawbwa of Gantarawadi. The key to this photograph identifies Sawlawi, the Gantarawadi Sawbwa, as the elderly figure on the right. This print is also reproduced in G.E. Mitton's 'Scott of the Shan Hills' (London, 1936), facing p. 312, with the Gantarawadi Sawbwa incorrectly identified. See also Photo 430/78 (73), where the personal names of the chiefs are given.

[Albumen print].

Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; durbars; ethnic groups; Karens; Myosas; official events; sawbwas (Shan rulers); Shans

Location = Burma; Delhi; India; Karen; Myanmar; Shan