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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Full title: Pegu Meh Daw [bookmark] [electronic resource].
Format: Physical Object           
Language: English
Published: London : SOAS, University of London, 2015.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
SOAS Repositories.
South East Asia.
Burma/Myanmar Collection at SOAS, University of London.
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Online access: Electronic Resource
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