Puppet

60-5-8

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Yok-thay
Object Number 60-5-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese
Provenience Burma
Date Made Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Silk | Mirror | Metal
Technique Carved
Iconography Official
Description

Puppet for folk plays. Court official with hands and face painted white. Wearing a purple colored wutlon-sheay, gown of officials, with red borders, and pink and gold myee-shay, trousers, complete with a baung, rounded mitre-like hat worn by court officials.

Credit Line Gift of Henry B. Keep, 1960

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