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Uploaded on:: 2017-03-02 16:38:56.0
File Size:: 59.22 MB
Extension:: tif
Dimensions:: 3749 x 2625 pixels

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Digital Media Bank ID:	63229
Original Filename:	dmas_wa0321_d01.tif
Description:	Burma image, WA0321. Photograph taken by James Henry Green in Kachin Land, Burma (Myanmar). It was taken in the 1920s. The skulls of buffaloes that had been sacrificed as offerings to nats [spirits] would be placed on the front house posts of chiefs as a sign of the wealth that had been expended in making these rituals.
Categories:	Timeline/ 1920s, Collections/ World Art/ Asia/ James Henry Green Photos of Burma (Myanmar), Collections/ World Art/ Photographs

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Credit:	James Henry Green Charitable Trust
Licence:	CC BY-SA

Object or Artwork info

Type (of Object or Artwork):	Photographic Print
Title (of Artwork / Object):	Buffalo horns
Creator (of Artwork / Object):	James Henry Green
Date Created (of Object / Artwork):	Early 20th Century
Source (of Object / Artwork):	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Subject tags:	photograph James Henry Green Collection; Myanmar Burma
Other Keywords:	Photograph; Burma; Myanmar

Media:	Image
Size:	59.22 MB; 3749 x 2625 pixels; 317 x 222 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation:	Landscape

Administrative info

Linked Accession no.:	WA0321

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