Pegu Meh Daw [bookmark]
Pegu Meh Daw ("Royal Mother of Pegu"). Myanmar (Burma), circa 1920. This gilded teakwood sculpture depicts a popular female that or spirit figure that takes its name from Pegu (now Bago), a town 70 km east of Yangon. She is popular throughout Lower Myanmar and is one of the official &quo...
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Pegu Meh Daw [bookmark] [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SOAS, University of London,
2015.
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SOAS Digital Library.
SOAS Repositories. South East Asia. Burma/Myanmar Collection at SOAS, University of London. |
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Pegu Meh Daw ("Royal Mother of Pegu"). Myanmar (Burma), circa 1920. This gilded teakwood sculpture depicts a popular female that or spirit figure that takes its name from Pegu (now Bago), a town 70 km east of Yangon. She is popular throughout Lower Myanmar and is one of the official "Thirty-Seven Nats" of that region. She is also known as Lady Buffalo, referring to her headdress representing a buffalo head with two horns. H76 x W24 cm. SOASAW 2014.0261.29. Gift of Elizabeth Moore, 2014. THE BRUNEI GALLERY |
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| Language: | English |
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London :
SOAS, University of London,
2015.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
SOAS Repositories. South East Asia. Burma/Myanmar Collection at SOAS, University of London. |
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