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Hsipaw (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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A young noble, son of the Sabwa, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/321
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Who is in three days to be a Poongy; i.e. a sort of priest. Most of the turbans are of a very pale rose coloured silk. The face of Swbwas son is slightly whitened with ash. Bicycles are very silvery and smart. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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In the Sawbwa's compound, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/322
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). House of his chief Queen.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Native house, Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/320
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing thatched house on stilts above water].

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Part of Sawbas Villa, Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/318
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Girls are dressed in rose-coloured silk. Walls are white. At bottom is a reflection of the inside of the roof. (Fisher). [Looking across ornamental pool towards girls reclining on verandah].

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Portrait of His Highness the Sawbwa of Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/324
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Sawbwa seated on verandah of house].

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Shans loading up Comt: store for Thubaw (Shan), 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The bazaar, Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/312
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The bazaar, Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/313
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The bazaar, Hsipaw - brass worker, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/317
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 168-346 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 200A, 263A, 270A-D, 280A, 296A, 335A-B; spoiled: 234; not used: 170, 172, 173, 175, 199, 203, 204, 216, 226, 228, 240-242, 253, 255, 257, 258, 262, 300, 314, 325, 326, 334; missing: 333. Numbers 270A-D and 280A are by Hutchins. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 280A follows 337. Subjects covered in this album...
Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The bazaar, Hsipaw - Kachin women, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/315
Scope and Contents

Colour of hats is a yellowish basket work colour. Native girdle of fine bamboo rods worn by Kachins. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The bazaar, Hsipaw - Kachin women, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/316
Scope and Contents

Colour of hats is a yellowish basket work colour. Native girdle of fine bamboo rods worn by Kachins. (Fisher).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Sabwa's Villa, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/319
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. From across the Tank, Hsipaw.

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Sawbwa's Palace, Hsipaw, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/323
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).