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Arm ring worn by Padaung women

Made:: 1801-1900 in Myanmar

maker:: Padaung people

Long coiled brass arm ring

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Long coiled brass arm ring
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Long coiled brass arm ring, worn by Padaung women of Upper Myanmar (Burma), 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A41722

Materials:: complete and brass

Measurements:: overall: 220 mm
minmum: 73 mm,
maximum: 100 mm,

type:: armlet

credit:: Knight, Frank and Rutley

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