Kammavaca

Description

Kamawasa or kammavaca, Buddhist ordination manuscript with extracs from the Pali Canon in Burmese square script in black lacquer on palm leaf with red and gold decoration, within red lacquered and gilt wooden boards: Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Mandalay, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1903.387

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Kammavaca, Manuscript

Production information

Mandalay, Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Date

Mid - late 19th century

Materials

Lacquer, Wood, Manuscript, Palm

Associations

Previous owner: Thibaw Min, King of Burma, 1859 - 1916
Third Anglo-Burmese War, 1885