One of fifty Burmese drawings.
Painting
ca.1887 (made)
ca.1887 (made)
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'Carian people who live close to Taown'. One of 50 drawings with manuscript notes in a book in European form - probably commissioned by a European. Drawings of royal elephants and horses, and types of people. lst page is missing and first part of text missing on how to control elephants. The book retains last portion only. Each elephant is marked with letters from the Burmese alphabet. These are intended to be used with the accompanying text which instructs where the elephant should be hit or prodded to perform certain movements.
Object details
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Title | One of fifty Burmese drawings. (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Tempera colours on paper. Book bound half morocco |
Brief description | Painting; gouache, Burma, ca.1887 |
Physical description | 'Carian people who live close to Taown'. One of 50 drawings with manuscript notes in a book in European form - probably commissioned by a European. Drawings of royal elephants and horses, and types of people. lst page is missing and first part of text missing on how to control elephants. The book retains last portion only. Each elephant is marked with letters from the Burmese alphabet. These are intended to be used with the accompanying text which instructs where the elephant should be hit or prodded to perform certain movements. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Karen' (Inscribed:) |
Object history | These comments were made by visitors, Head of Library and Head of History, from Rangoon University, Burma, September 1988. The accompanying text is translated and can be found in the blue Parabaik (1) file in the Asian Department. |
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Accession number | D.564-1901 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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