Cigarette Box
89-13-248A
From: Burma | Pagan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Sikaret-bu |
| Object Number | 89-13-248A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Burmese |
| Provenience | Burma | Pagan |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Date Made | Mid 20th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Lacquer | Thayo |
| Technique | Thayo | Carved | Lacquered |
| Iconography | Trees | Figures | Animals | Horses |
| Description | Lacquered elongated cylindrical cigarette box with lid which slides over the sides of the bottom part o the box. Inside of the box is coated in red lacquer. The box is decorated with yok-thay pan-bwa (small figures of animals and human with vegetal scrollwork) designs in red, green, and yellow. Thayo, applied lacquer paste designs. Etched designs. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989 |
| Other Number | none - Field No SF | none - Other Number |
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