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“...of London
100 Years
Pegu Meh Daw ("Royal
Mother of Pegu").
Myanmar (Burma),
circa 1920. This gilded
teakwood sculpture depicts
a popular female that or
spirit figure that takes its
name from Pegu (now
Bago), a town 70 km east
of Yangon. She is popular
throughout Lower
Myanmar and is one of the
official "Thirty-Seven Nats"
of that region. She is also
known as Lady Buffalo,
referring to her headdress
representing a buffalo head
with two horns. H76 x W24
cm. SOASAW 2014.0261.29.
Gift of Elizabeth Moore, 2014
THE BRUNEI GALLERY
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from Asia, Africa and the
Middle East, the permanent
Collection in the Foyle
Special Collections Gallery
and the tranquil Japanese
Roof Garden.
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