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The Shan : culture, art and crafts / Susan Conway.
Penn Museum Library DS530.8.S45 C66 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway, Susan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shan (Asian people)--Burma.
- Shan (Asian people).
- Burma.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bangkok : River Books, 2006.
- Summary:
- The culture of the Shan peoples of Burma and their rulers is extensively explored in this volume. Shan courts flourished in the late British colonial period, and in this book rare early photographs, never before published, document life in the courts and in the hill regions of Shan dominion.As in her previous book Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones P Lan Na Court Textiles, acclaimed for its groundbreaking discoveries of the culture of the Lan Na kingdom, Susan Conway focuses again on dress and the use of textiles in the Shan states, as well as on historical chronicles, to define a fascinating people of old Burma. Lavish illustrations bring to life a rich cultural tradition of mainland Southeast Asia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9749863062
- 9789749863060
- OCLC:
- 72706191
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