Object Number | 29-96-782.4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Burmese |
Provenience | Burma |
Period | Mandalay Period (uncertain) |
Date Made | Early 19th Century - 1904 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Teak |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Ogre | Dancer |
Description | Thit-tha papu. Teak carving of male figure wearing a belu gaung-saung with a headdress of an ogre. Holds a dagger in right hand. Probably made as a decorative piece for monastery frieze or corner decoration of a pyat-that, wooden spire. Stand made one piece with figure. |
Height | 113.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 29-96-782B - Other Number | 85-28-6.1 - Found in Collection Number |
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