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Title
Kammavaca [monk's ordination text]
Place of origin
Myanmar
Year
circa 1900
Media category
Book
Materials used
lacquer on copper
Dimensions

9.6 x 56.0cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Dr Leonard and Phyllis Warnock 1999
Accession number
46.1999.2
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

'Lacquareware objects for religious use' by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, pg. 85-113., Burmese lacquerware 1985, 1985, 100-101. Note that this reference is a general text on monk's ordination texts and is not a direct reference to this work.

John Guy (Australia; United Kingdom, b.1949) (Author), O.P. Agrawal (India, b.1931) (Author), Palm-leaf and paper: illustrated manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia, Victoria, 1982, 61. Note that this reference is a general text on monk's ordination texts and is not a direct reference to this work.

'Kammavaca texts, their covers and binding ribbons' by Noel F. Singer, pg. 97-101., Arts of Asia May 1993, May 1993, 97-101. Note that this reference is a general text on monk's ordination texts and is not a direct reference to this work.