120 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Object count:
1
Description:
Mien religious painting. red background with flowers patterns at the top, main figure represented in the center with yellow dragons patterns on his coat, 2 smaller men on the bottom part. Asian symbols on the verso center top (Chinese?). Small rope attached to the top creating 2 little holes
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Mien
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Paintings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 47 centimeters and whole— height 110 centimeters