EditorialSawbwa of Mongpawn and his baby heir. The state has an area of about 370 square miles, a long strip down the course of the Nam Pawn. Population chiefly Shan. The Sawbwa himself is a Shan and Buddhist. A portrait of the Sawbwa of Mong Pawn, his young he...
EditorialSawbwa of Mongpawn and his baby heir. The state has an area of about 370 square miles, a long strip down the course of the Nam Pawn. Population chiefly Shan. The Sawbwa himself is a Shan and Buddhist. A portrait of the Sawbwa of Mong Pawn, his young he...
EditorialMokmai [Mawk Mai] Sawbwa. 1889. Mokmai [Mawk Mai] Sawbwa and chief wife. Full-length seated portrait of Sow Kun Mon (b. c. 1861), Sawbwa of Mauk Mai from 1887, with his half-sister and wife Nang Num, posed in front of a decorative hanging. Originally ...
EditorialSawbwa of Mongpawn and his baby heir. The state has an area of about 370 square miles, a long strip down the course of the Nam Pawn. Population chiefly Shan. The Sawbwa himself is a Shan and Buddhist. A portrait of the Sawbwa of Mong Pawn, his young he...
EditorialThe Shan Chiefs from Burma [at the Delhi Durbar]. Group portrait of Shan sawbwas, dressed in traditional costume and posed against a decorative textile backdrop. The figures are identified as follows: Hkun Kyi (Sawbwa of Ming Nai, aged 56), Saw Maung (...
EditorialMokmai [Mawk Mai] Sawbwa. 1889. Mokmai [Mawk Mai] Sawbwa and chief wife. Full-length seated portrait of Sow Kun Mon (b. c. 1861), Sawbwa of Mauk Mai from 1887, with his half-sister and wife Nang Num, posed in front of a decorative hanging. Originally ...