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Photo 268(23)
- Record Id:
- 040-003059678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003059655
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025712784.0x0000a3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157347957.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 268(23)
- Title:
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Mandalay. One of the two royal crests in the Palace at Mandalay. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
-
Caption continues: 'It represents the hare, ie, the moon. The other royal crest was the peacock, respresenting the sun, and was cut on the Burmese or 'peacock' rupees. The Alompra Dynasty of the Kings of Burma claimed a mythical descent from both the lunar and solar Dynasties of India.'
Subjects = Burmese rulers; heraldry; royal insignias
Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003059655
040-003059678 - Is part of:
- Photo 268 : Temple Collection: Album of Burmese Views Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Photo 268(23) : Mandalay. One of the two royal crests in the Palace at Mandalay. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003059655[0023]/040-003059678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 268
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100157347957.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1890
- Date Range:
- c 1889
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known