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Condizione: Good. 01st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small 4to, i-xii, 180 pp, well illustrated throughout with coloured photographs, historic images and drawings, card covers, a fine copy. A collection of 15 papers from a two - day conference organised in London by The British Museum and The School of Oriental and African Studies of The University of London in 2000.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 180 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 28 cm. Summary:The papers in this volume aim to contribute towards the redress of the neglect of the study of Burma's cultural history. Topics covered include prehistory, architecture, the cult of the "nats", lacquer, illustrated manuscripts, mural paintings, sculpture and textiles. CONTENTS: Prehistoric grave goods from the Chindwin and Samon River regions Digging for myths: archaeological excavations and surveys of the legendary nineteen founding villages of Pagan Offering up a rare jewel: Buddhist merit-making and votive tablets in early Burma A Burma origin for the Sukhothai Walking Buddha Relationships between Buddhist texts and images of the Enlightenment during the Early Pagan Period Bronze sculptures from Burma in the British Museum Narrative modes in late seventeenth to early nineteenth century Burmese wall paintings Burmese cosmological manuscripts 'Royal images' in their 'palaces': the place of the statues in the cult of the 37 nats Problems and prospects for the preservation of wooden monasteries in Burma The Kachin Manau and Manau Shadung: the development of an ethno-cultural symbol in Burma Court dress, politics and ethnicity in the Shan states Diversity, identity and modernity in exile: 'traditional' Karenni clothing Burmese arts and crafts: the Scherman collection in the Ethnographical Museum, Munich Photographs by Max and Bertha Ferrars.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. no dj. Burma: Art and Archaeology. Book.