A Shan woman, Meng lien, Yunnan

A Shan woman, Meng lien, Yunnan

Collection

Carey, Frederic

Identifier

FC01-03

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FC01-03. Note in the album: "Fred. W. Carey, HM Customs, China. Stratford-sub-Castle, Salisbury, Eng. The photos in this book are enlargements of snapshots taken by me during the period 1896 – 1902 inclusive, whilst I was stationed at Szemao in the province of Yunnan. Some of them were obtained on my journey homeward, through the Shan States, Burma, and India. F.W.C." Frederic William Carey served in the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1891-1928. A set of Carey's lantern slides entitled 'Yunnan' is in the collection of the Royal Geographical Society. Carey (then Commissioner of Customs) gave a lantern slide lecture in Ningpo (Ningbo) on 9 February 1922, on ‘Native Life on the Burma-Yunnan Frontier’. See also FC01-21 (a photograph of same young woman wearing different clothing). This photograph may have been taken in Menglien (Menglian Daizu Lahuzu Vazu Zizhixian), south west Yunnan.

Caption in album or on mount

Shan girl of Meng lien

Estimated Date

1896-1902

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph