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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Maphoon, Burmese

1. WD540(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(95)
Title:
Maphoon, The Hirsute faced Woman of Ava, and her child.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Maphoon, The Hirsute faced Woman of Ava, and her child.’ THIS extraordinary object is fully described in the Report, page 110. A Portrait of her as a child, together with that of her father, will be found in Crawfords ‘Embassy’ to Burmah in 1826. Maphoon is now a woman of 31 years of age, and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD540(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(96)
Title:
Profile of the Hirsute faced Woman of Ava.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Profile of the Hirsute faced Woman of Ava.’ THE PROFILE of Maphoon had little or nothing to mitigate the original impression. The hair of the face, hiding the features and uniting with that of the ordinary mass on the head, seemed to form one hirsute block.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

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