Close-up of funeral procession showing elaborate umbrellas and lots of people. This is the funeral of the Swabwa of Yaungwe in March 3-6, 1927, in Burma.
Image mounted on black card. Inscriptions on back, if any, cannot be read, as a result . We know this is the Swabwa of Yaungwe's funeral procession because this is a close-up of the same scene depicted in the following 3 images which have documentation. Emslie Horniman witnessed the procession in person and describes it in notes.
Funeral procession
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object | ARC/HMG/CM/009/001/F13/074
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35mm slide: Girls getting dressed up.
object | ARC/BAL/005/018
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Souvenir slide: Maha risi kala - wise man (Kelantan, Malaysia)
object | ARC/HMG/PR/008/A/010/004
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Blackwall Lane School, Greenwich Division (Dreadnought) GREN 919A. Sections AA and DD (elevations of building). Drawing no. 7
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/005/005
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