Object Number | 2003-42-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Thai |
Provenience | Thailand |
Period | 19th Century |
Date Made | 1830 - 1849 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper |
Iconography | Magga | Ritual Text | Sermon |
Inscription Language | Thai Language |
Description | Samut thai dami paper manuscript from south central Thailand. The paper has been blackened with charcoal of the sanoh khang khok tree. The more formal text (in yellow ink) includes a first-person account of a minor noble, his family, and his estate with reference to rituals performed at his home. Additional notes have been added in chalk by multiple hands, including a sermon on the path and accounts or calculations. Many pages have notes that are casually written and difficult to read. Written in 4 lines per segment. Written on black khoi paper, in yellow ink and white chalk; folded concertina- or accordion-style. In Thai (Thai). Attached upper cover with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; lower cover is missing. Written in south central Thailand (paper origin) between the 1820s and 1840s. |
Height | 11.5 cm |
Width | 35 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1995.X.20265 - Other Number |
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