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- Museum number
- As1962,04.1
- Description
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Duck-shaped weight made of bronze. Cast.
- Production date
- 19thC (late) to 1913
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Weight: 326 grammes
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See also ethnographic documents 1771 and 1779.
In the Register it states that the objects were acquired at a pwe (market), but a pwe is a festival. The photographs in ethnographic document 1771 show that the objects were acquired from a market. However, festivals are also often accompanied by markets.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1962
- Acquisition notes
- Obtained by the donor at a market in May 1913 at Fort Stedman on Lake Yangwhye in the southern Shan States.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1962,04.1