Kammavaca Manuscript

Burma

Southeast Asianmanuscriptritual objects

Date

19th century

Medium

Lacquered cloth pages; lacquered wood cover inlaid with colored glass

Dimensions

Each leaf: 59 × 14.4 cm (23 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Abraham Hoffer

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