144 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
Painting. At the top: man riding a horse and holding a paper. At the bottom: man riding a dragon, also holding a paper. Colors are mostly red, blue and white. Writing on the verso. Small rope attached to the top creating 2 little holes.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Mien
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Paintings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 25.8 centimeters and whole— height 40 centimeters
Title:
Liaison officers of Governors of this world and the Waters" Yang Kim Sui Fo Kung Tzo (Inventory Name)