| Digital Media Bank ID: | 54293 |
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| Description: |
Burma image, WA0255a. Image of object in World Art collection. [Crowds dancing at Namhkyek manau.] (Researcher's notes in brackets) This monochrome photographic print is showing crowds dancing at the Namhkyek Manau. Manau is a kind of cummunal festival celebrated by the Kachin community in Burma (Myanmar). Sometimes thousands of people attend a large Manau festival, all of whom would expect to be fed and given rice beer for the whole four days that a festival would usually last. This photograph was taken by James Henry Green in the 1920s, a recruiting officer for the Burma Rifles who spent more than twenty years in Burma, much of it based in the northern hill states. |
| Categories: | Timeline/ 1920s, Collections/ World Art, Collections/ World Art/ Asia/ James Henry Green Photos of Burma (Myanmar) |
Copyright & Re-use
| Credit Line: | James Henry Green Charitable Trust |
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| Licence: | CC BY-SA |
Object or Artwork info
| Type (of Object or Artwork): | Photograph |
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| Title (of Artwork / Object): | Photograph; [Crowds dancing at Namhkyek manau.] (Researcher's notes in brackets) |
| Creator (of Artwork / Object): | James Henry Green |
| Date Created (of Object / Artwork): | 1920s |
| Description (Object or Artwork): | This monochrome photographic print is showing crowds dancing at the Namhkyek Manau. Manau is a kind of cummunal festival celebrated by the Kachin community in Burma (Myanmar). Sometimes thousands of people attend a large Manau festival, all of whom would expect to be fed and given rice beer for the whole four days that a festival would usually last. This photograph was taken by James Henry Green in the 1920s, a recruiting officer for the Burma Rifles who spent more than twenty years in Burma, much of it based in the northern hill states. |
| Source (of Object / Artwork): | Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove |
| Subject tags: |
photograph, James Henry Green Collection, Burma |
| Other Keywords: | Photography; Burma; Myanmar |
File info
| Original Filename: | dmas_wa0255a_d01.jpg |
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| Media: | Image |
| Size: | 1.56 MB; 3112 x 2221 pixels; 263 x 188 mm (print at 300 DPI); 823 x 588 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
Administrative info
| Linked Accession no.: | WA0255a |
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