DepartmentAsia
Spiritual Master’s reference book for yantras (geometric and illustrative magical formulas) and tattoos
NameManuscript
CultureShan
Date1819 – 1911 (Burmese years: 1171-1263)
Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumMulberry paper, lacquer, ink, adhesive
Dimensions15 3/4 × 2 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (40 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm)
Other (Unfolded Length): 334 1/4 in. (849 cm)
Other (Unfolded Length): 334 1/4 in. (849 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2012.28.1
Object numberFA.2012.28.1
DescriptionLong, slender, accordian style fold book with dark brown covers, inside pages are hand lettered and decorated on both sides in Pali or Burmese language and illustrated with tattoo designs, medicinal, and shamanistic charts and images, including figurative drawings and graphs filled with symbols, covers are tattered and some pages have losses.
c. 1905
c. 1970