Book

Museum number:
9-13030a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2995 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
(a) palm leaf book, edges painted black and gold; wood covers (2) painted red/black/gold; 8 bundles of text; (b) red stick with incised letters indicating number of bundles (8) and with title "Teachings of the Buddha"; (c) cover: wrapped splints with diamond and geometric designs in red, buff, black, and blue
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), Palm wood, and Wood (plant material)
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— length 61 centimeters, stick— length 25.5 centimeters, book: board covers— length 59.3 centimeters, and cover— width 35.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Book, accession number 9-13030a-c, described as (a) palm leaf book, edges painted black and gold; wood covers (2) painted red/black/gold; 8 bundles of text; (b) red stick with incised letters indicating number of bundles (8) and with title "Teachings of the Buddha"; (c) cover: wrapped splints with diamond and geometric designs in red, buff, black, and blueHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Book, accession number 9-13030a-c, described as (a) palm leaf book, edges painted black and gold; wood covers (2) painted red/black/gold; 8 bundles of text; (b) red stick with incised letters indicating number of bundles (8) and with title "Teachings of the Buddha"; (c) cover: wrapped splints with diamond and geometric designs in red, buff, black, and blue

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