Painting of Hindu washerman

Unknown Myanmarian, Myanmarian

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collected about 1851-1902

Mica and paint

Overall: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Porter and Charles Tremain

13.85.1217

Geography

Place Made: Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Decorative Object

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12, Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Tiraana Bains, Fall 2022

Provenance

Collected by the Missionary Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828-1902) in Burma between 1851-1902; to Porter (1845-1907) and Charles (1843-1922) Tremain, Fayetteville, New York, probably in 1902; given to present collection, after 1904; catalogued, 1913.

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