Purabuik | Southeast Asia Digital Library

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Collection: Selections from the Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection
Usage Conditions: Northern Illinois University
Title: Purabuik
Contributor: Northern Illinois University Libraries
Call Number: GT 2345 .P866 1900a
Resource Type: mixed material
Genre: manuscripts (document genre)
Publisher: Southeast Asia Digital Library
Extent: Paper 29.5 x 602 cm
Note(s): A fascinating description of the art of Burmese ritual tattooing. This Parabuik was written sometimes around the end of the nineteenth century to guide people in the use and meaning of specific tattoos. The text is written in pencil and red and black ink on one continuous strip of white folded paper and bound with black lacquer cover. Donor: Burma Studies Group
Language: Burmese
Pali
Geographic (Getty): Myanma
Geographic (Library of Congress): Burma
Topic: Tattooing --Burma.
Subject: Tattooing --Burma.
Burma
Myanma
mm
Identifier: SEAImages:gt2345p8661900a3collection