- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Star-shaped amulet made from bamboo fibres and covered with varnish.
- Geographical reference
- Northern Shan State Tawngpeng (Taungpeng) district Namhsan
- Cultural groups
- Palaung
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- By 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Varnish, Process Varnished, Process Plaited, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1936.14.5
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