Scenes from the Thiri Rama, the Burmese adaptation of the Ramayana

Medium

Pictorial textile hanging (kalaga); appliqué and embroidery on velvet with applied sequins, glass seed pearls, gold-gilt and silver-gilt metal thread

Dimensions

Image: 79 in. × 14 ft. 7 1/2 in. (200.7 × 445.8 cm)

Classification

Textiles

Culture

Myanmar (Burma), Yangon or Mandalay

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2021

Accession Number

2021.91

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