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“...linguistically diverse peoples of Southeast Asia have drawn upon the resources of its many ecological zones to create a wide range of artefacts in a striking variety of styles. Their arts continue to embody local traditions, but have also been enriched by external contacts. The objects in this exhibition range from ones collected by early Western scholars through to more recent donations to SOAS. With a wide chronological span, they are diverse in nature, comprising manuscripts (written on bark, palm leaves, copper sheets and paper), textiles, sculptures, metalwork and paintings, and reflect the variety of religions, cultures and languages to be found across this vast area. The objects come from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and range in date from circa 1000 BCE to the present day. Most are functional, being made for religious, ceremonial or practical purposes, and particular meanings adhere to their various...”
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“...Religion | 27 Kammavaca refer to Pali texts used in Buddhist ceremonies of the monastic communities (sangha) of Myanmar. They relate to ordinations, donations, and the consecration of a new building or curing sickness. The lacquered leaves follow the form of palm-leaf manuscripts and are ornamented with figures and floral decoration in gold, unique to Myanmar. The square script is lacquered in the “tamarind-seed” style. EM 10 Kammavaca (Buddhist ritual text) Myanmar (Burma), 19th century. Pali in Burmese “tamarind-seed” script; on lacquered and gilded cloth, with lacquered and gilded wooden covers, H14 x W58 x T3.5 cm. SOAS Library PL MS 16592. Gift of Mrs. Thicknesse, 1924. 11 Kammavaca (Buddhist ritual text) Myanmar (Burma), 19th century. Pali in Burmese “tamarind-seed” script; on lacquered and gilded cloth, with lacquered and gilded wooden covers, H13.5 x W58 x T4 cm. SOAS Library PL MS 230041, fol. 16v. Gift from the Burmese Dictionary Office, 1968....”
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“...28 | The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections 12 Kammavaca (Buddhist ritual text) Laos or Northern Thailand, dated according to the Thai calendar CS 1183 / 1821 CE. Pali in Tham script; incised on palm leaves, with lacquered and gilded wooden covers, H7 x W64 x T3 cm. SOAS Library PL MS 42216, top: cover; bottom: fols. lv-2r. On permanent loan from the Imperial Institute, 1927. This manuscript is made from palm leaves that have been dried and trimmed into rectangular pages. A scribe etched the letters using a sharp stylus and then rubbed soot into the incisions to darken them against the pale leaf. The texts inscribed are Buddhist canonical regulations for monks, including the service for ordination. This manuscript was probably a gift presented to a monastery on the occasion of the ordination of the donor’s son or other relative into the monkhood. The striking gold-painted, black-lacquered wooden covers increased the expense of the gift and thereby the potential merit earned...”
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“...i',% n J 3 3. y 3 ;r> 3 sT 'V 1 • 3 n y 3 i .... j < 3 5 A 6 | *70 <0 11 ,o (? □ "2. 1 My r> 50 11^7 I ** *4 ..CD sm 33 57 •J3 > -i 3C~ 3 & b > | cm 31 Talismanic figures and magic squares including garuda and naga tattoo to protect against snakebites. Manual for making amulets Myanmar (Burma), 19th century. Burmese and Pali in Burmese script; incised on palm-leaves, H7 x W50 cm. SOAS Library PL MS 41891, fols. 4v-5r and detail. Provenance unknown, 1941. This palm-leaf manuscript from Myanmar depicts a number of magical diagrams referred to as inn or yantra, and serves as a manual for making amulets. The graphics and accompanying verses are used for protective purposes and for predicting auspicious and inauspicious events. In this manuscript, the term “let phwe” (amulet) is mentioned on almost every page, together with “inn” There are many magic squares which act as yantra for amulets. EM & JKY...”
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“...| 107 Guy, John, 1982, Palm-leaf and Paper: Illustrated Manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia, Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. Igunma, Jana, 2005, “Illustrated Manuscripts from Thailand”, Tai Culture, vol. 18, pp. 127-140. Isaacs, Ralph and T. Richard Blurton, 2002, Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer, London: British Museum Press. Kerlogue, Fiona, 2004, Arts of Southeast Asia, London: Thames & Hudson. Khur-Yearn, Jotika, 2016, “In Search of the Footprints: H. J. Inman and a History of Shan Studies at the University of London”, SCA-UK Newsletter, vol. 12, November, pp. 14-16. Kumar, Ann, and John H. McGlynn (eds), 1996, Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia, Jakarta, New York: Lontar Foundation, Weatherhill. Maxwell, Robyn, 2003, Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade and Transformation, revised ed., Singapore: Periplus. Maxwell, Robyn, 2010, Life, Death and Magic: 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art, Canberra: National Gallery...”
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“...116 | The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections manuscript formats: concertina/folding-books 29, 31, 33, 47, 48 palm-leaf 11, 27, 28, 51 parabaik 29, 48 pap tup 29 roll-form 30, 54, 68 samut khoi 31, 33 Mao Ruizheng, Ge guo yi yu 83 Mao Shan 16, 30 maps 13, 79, 80, 81, 82, 88 Marsden, William 38, 39, 47, 55, 58, 61, 75, 89, 92, 94 Martin, Alonso 89 McCallum, J. L. 29 Mecca 40 Medhurst, Walter Henry, China: Its State and Prospects (Medhurst) 95 Medina 40 Meiji period 85 Melaka/Malacca (Malaysia) 59, 72, 82, 102 metalwork 11, 63. See also keris; silver bowls Methodist Publishing House 45 Min Wae Aung, Monks; Monks with Dogs 37 Minangkabau (Indonesia) 40 Ming Dynasty 82, 83, 84 missionaries 43, 44, 45, 77, 79, 95 monkeys 48 Monks (Min Wae Aung) 37 Monks with Dogs (Min Wae Aung) 37 Moore, Elizabeth 20, 21, 35, 49, 87 Morrison, Robert 82, 83, 84 Muhammad, Prophet 38 Muhammad Hassan bin Nasaruddin, Syair Indera Sebaha 76 Muhammad Siraj bin Haji Muhammad Salih, Haji 76 Muhammad Tahir...”