| | | Author: | Pumpuang Monastery (Thailand) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thai religious manuscript
1939 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939 | | | | Abstract: | Religious manuscript written at the Pumpuang Monastery, Thailand, in 1939. The form is that of a "parabaik;" that is, the heavy paper is
folded like an accordion. The writing is lengthwise on both sides of the rectangular paper. Contains 14 panels of handpainted Buddhist imagery, in
seven pairs that flank the text. Dominant colors are blue, red, green black and white, with some gold illumination. Scenes include Buddha, shrines,
gods in the heavens, demons, a man in a water-lily pond, hellish scenes of people being tortured, black birds at the edge of a pond, and a couple
receiving a gold bracelet from the sky. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Buddhist art -- Thailand. | Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts -- Thailand -- Specimens. | Buddhist literature -- Illustrations. | Buddhist monasteries -- Thailand. | Manuscripts, Thai. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Martin, George Castor, 1885- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Who Were the Big Bend Basket-Makers?
1939 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939 | | | | Abstract: | Typescript about the archaeology of early native peoples in the southwest region of Texas and across the border into Coahuila, Mexico. Martin
describes a culture, also referred to as Toboso, that he has named the Big Bend Basket-Makers, because of similarities with the Basket Makers
of Arizona and New Mexico. He discusses linguistic groups and migrations, as well as diagnostic traits related to skull shape, textiles, baskets,
cloud-blowers, and projectile points. Photographs of a map and projectile points are attached. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Coahuila (State) -- Antiquities. | Indians of North America -- Texas -- Antiquities. | Projectile points -- Texas -- Photographs. | Toboso Indians. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | University of Arizona. Library. Special Collections | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | World War II Poster Collection,
circa 1939-1945 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1939-1945 | | | | Abstract: | This is an artificial collection comprised of posters relating to World War II. Materials are from the United States, Germany, France, Russia, and Latin America. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 – Posters. | Lithography. | World War, 1939-1945 – Propaganda | World War, 1939-1945 – United States | World War, 1939-1945 – Canada | World War, 1939-1945 – France | World War, 1939-1945 – Germany | World War, 1939-1945 – Argentina | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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