Palm leaf manuscript

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Object Number 50-6-60/9766

Display Title Palm leaf manuscript

Descriptions

Object Description Palm leaf manuscript

Inventory Description Book, Thai script on leaf pages, edges painted gold and red

Classification

Book

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia?

Additional Geographic Terms southeast?

Materials Plant fiber, Ink, Pigment, Cotton

Dimensions Overall: 57.3 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm (22 9/16 x 2 1/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 50-6-60/9766

Credit Line Gift of A. W. Kenny Billings Jr., 1950

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