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Photo 996(29)
- Record Id:
- 040-003299567
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003299538
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000952
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 996(29)
- Title:
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A Bishop and Priests [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group of three Buddhist monks. 'A 'Sadawjee' bishop, or royal teacher, is one who helps to manage the entire affairs of the Buddhist Church. There are at present eight, who live in or near Mandalay. The central figure in the above group resides at the Incomparable Pagoda, he is said to be a very learned man, and to have been held in great reverence by the late king...On his right is the Abbot of the Monastery, whilst on the left is an ordinary monk holding a fan...'
Subjects = monks; ponggyis (Burmese monks); religion; religion (Buddhism)
Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003299538
040-003299567 - Is part of:
- Photo 996 : Photographic illustrations, with descriptions of Mandalay & Upper Burmah Expeditionary Force, 1886-87. By a cavalry officer.…
Photo 996(29) : A Bishop and Priests [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall - Hierarchy:
- 032-003299538[0029]/040-003299567
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 996
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1887
- End Date:
- 1887
- Date Range:
- 1887
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Graham, Robert Blackall, army officer, 1838-1918