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1939.7.5B

Lacquered plate.

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1939.7.5B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lacquered plate.
Long description
Black outside, red inside. Used by Buddhist pongyis (monks) for fruit, or sometimes for rice, when the contents of a food-bowl are shared out. Sandra Dudley noted that this may consist of bamboo strips but this is impossible to tell from the laquered exterior. [DCF Court Team 20/1/2004]
Cultural groups
Burman
Person
Field collector Walter Grainge White
PRM source Walter Grainge White
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939 Date made: Circa 1911
Date collected
By 1939 but circa 1911
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish Plant, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Diameter: max 263 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1939.7.5B Other PRM accession number: 1930.7.B 5

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Plate, Food Accessory

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