A set of 15 brass gongs each with a central boss mounted in a wooden frame.

Collection type: Object
Description: A set of 15 brass gongs each with a central boss mounted in a wooden frame.
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
Person: Field collector Maurice Vidal Portman; PRM source Maurice Vidal Portman; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: By 1886
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1886, uncertain Transferred: 12/1886, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Material Cane Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Cast, Process Bent, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 340 mm, Width: max 1250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.15.1.1
Research and responses: SCHWAY YAE ' THE BURMAN', HIPKINS AND GIBB, PL.XIV; SIAMESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, P.15, KHONG YAL. . I found the following bibliographical reference to Shway Yoe mentioned in the red numbers accession book 'SCOTT, J. George ('Shway Yoe'). BURMA. As it was, as it is, and as it will be. Redway: London, 1886.' [AP 12/12/2000]