Book with cover

Museum number:
9-13029a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2994 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
(a) palm leaf book (three bundles); incised letters in Pali and northern Thai; (b) cover: cotton in plain weave with palm wood splints with red and green X design over the splints
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Thailand; Chiang Mai area fide Prof. Henry D. Ginsburg, March 1976
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Palm leaf (material), and Palm wood
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Books
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
cover— width 42 centimeters, book— length 48 centimeters, and cover— length 56.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1989-1990 #11: Wing Luke Museum (December 5, 1989–July 17, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Book with cover, accession number 9-13029a,b, described as (a) palm leaf book (three bundles); incised letters in Pali and northern Thai; (b) cover: cotton in plain weave with palm wood splints with red and green X design over the splintsHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Book with cover, accession number 9-13029a,b, described as (a) palm leaf book (three bundles); incised letters in Pali and northern Thai; (b) cover: cotton in plain weave with palm wood splints with red and green X design over the splints

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