Small painted model of Karen woman carrying a bundle on a stick over her shoulder and wearing a blue headscarf. [LKG 15/10/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Small painted model of Karen woman carrying a bundle on a stick over her shoulder and wearing a blue headscarf. [LKG 15/10/2009]
Long description: Small painted model of Karen woman carrying a bundle on a stick over her shoulder and wearing a blue headscarf. The woman is painted to have a white shirt decorated with red spots in groups of three and tied around the waist with a grey belt, detailed with red lines. The figure is carved and painted with a blue skirt which is patterned with horizontal bands of yellow and rows of diagonal dashes. The woman wears a head band painted blue which is wrapped around the crown of her head an swept back and bound around the bun of hair at the back of her head. In her left hand the woman holds a white painted bundle which hangs down over her back. The figure stands on a carved base which has been painted green. [LKG 15/10/2009]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); North
Cultural groups: Pa-O (Taungthu Karen (Kayin)); Karen; Kayin
Person: Field collector Richard Carnac Temple; PRM source Richard Carnac Temple
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1894
Acquisition information: Donated: 1894
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length 172 mm, Width 53 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1894.27.34

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