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Object Number 35-36-60/2107
Display Title Palm leaf book with inlaid and decorated end plates and case +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Book, printed palm leaf pages, wood covers painted and inlaid, velvet and brocad
Classification
  • Book
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Laotian Thai?
  • Western Lao?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Thailand
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina, North: Chiengmai
Dimensions Overall: 61.2 x 7 x 4.2 cm (24 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 35-36-60/2107
Provenance
Collector James M. Andrews (1934-1935 - 1935)

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