Male figure of the dacoit, with stumps for arms and legs. Wearing a loin cloth, and a knotted headscarf with incised floral decoration. [IL [OPS move] 11/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Male figure of the dacoit, with stumps for arms and legs. Wearing a loin cloth, and a knotted headscarf with incised floral decoration. [IL [OPS move] 11/7/2017]
Long description: Male figure of the dacoit, with stumps for arms and legs. Wearing a loin cloth, and a knotted headscarf with incised floral decoration. One of three pottery figures finished with a yellowish-brown glaze, illustrating a folk tale. Please see [.1] for the figure of the Prince, and [.2] for figure of the wife. [IL [OPS move] 11/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
Cultural groups: Burman
Person: Field collector Lucy Margaret Eyre; PRM source Lucy Margaret Eyre
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1949
Date collected: By 1949
Acquisition information: Donated: 1949
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Glazed, Process Handbuilt, Process Incised
Dimensions: Height: max 229 mm, Depth: max 113 mm, Width: max 148 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1949.10.78.3 Other PRM accession number: 1949.10.78c
Research and responses: See photograph sent by Lucy Margaret Eyres as an illustration of Burmese court-dress: 1949.8.6 [GI 25/1/2002]

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