book (documentary artefacts); album

Folding album (parabaik) with colourful illustrations and illuminated with gold leaf. It has ten openings, showing historical scenes of the expulsion of King Thibaw from Mandalay in 1885. Folio 1-4: ‘Entertainment’ (the King can be seen in the pavilion). Folio 5-8: Generals paying their respects to the king (perhaps informing him of the arrival of the British). Folio 9-12: The King and Queen, going to the ‘forest’. Folio 13-16: (British and Indian soldiers) in the palace with the governors (the King is in the pavilion) Folio 17 – 20: The King (Thibaw although he is not mentioned by name) ‘going to a ship’ He is depicted in a carriage pulled by two oxen, on his way to exile in India where he was sent by the British. Note the escort of British and Indian soldiers.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
588i
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 410 x 174 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather; paper
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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