Bag

85-24-20

From: Thailand | Bangkok

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 85-24-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand | Bangkok
Date Made 1900-1985
Section Asian
Materials Cloth
Inscription Language Thai Language
Description

A monk's bag with a passage in Pali language (Thai type-script) embroidered with yellow thread: guṇvā cāttano guṇa/คุณฺวา จาตฺตโน คุณ (a variation of a citation from the Pali Canon guṇavā cāttano guṇaṃ, meaning "the virtuous ones should maintain their virtues", possibly a motto of a monastery). The bag is made of an orange-brown fabric. Yellow embroidered inscription below white, red and green embroidered water lilies.

Length 64 cm
Width 35.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1985

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