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MARLA MALLETT: TEXTILES

Shan/Tai Yai Tatoo Pattern Book
Eastern Burma
Ink drawings on mat lacquered paper. Folded book form, with drawings on both sides. Closed: 5½"x 14½." Open: !4½"x 90."
Late 19th or early 20th century. This fascinating book of drawings and legends is frail, and has a few worm holes, but is in good condition overall. Others that I have seen have fallen apart. The magical, good-luck symbols shown were used both in tattoos and painted on yantra shirts and cloths...SOLD
B-6546


Karen man with tattoos, Eastern Burma. The designs are of magical symbols which the Karens believe will ward off harm. Richard K. Diran, The Vanishing Tribes of Burma, p. 124.

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