Object Number | 29-96-782.1 |
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 | Prince |
Description | Thit-tha papu. Wood carving of a figure of a prince with she bayet and nauk bayet (front and back collar piece), chetphon (front piece) at the waist, and a gaung baung (a silk kerchief used as a turban) over his youn (hair) knot. Double-string of two-row pale-badee (string of pearls) hang from the neck. The dagger in the right hand is not an original piece of the sculpture. He was probably carrying a lay (bow), holding one end in the right hand, and the other end in the left hand. |
Height | 106 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 29-96-782A - Other Number | 85-28-7.1 - Found in Collection Number |
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