Burma: Art and Archaeology

Abstract

Notes on contributors, List of figures, Foreword (Ralph Isaacs), Preface Introduction (Alexandra Green and T. Richard Blurton) 1 Prehistoric grave goods from the Chindwin and Samon River regions (U Nyunt Han, U Win Maung (Tanpawady) and Elizabeth Moore) 2 Digging for myths: archaeological excavations and surveys of the legendary nineteen founding villages of Pagan (Bob Hudson, U Nyein Lwin and U Win Maung (Tanpawady) 3 Offering up a rare jewel: Buddhist merit-making and votive tablets in early Burma (John Guy) 4 A Burma origin for the Sukhothai Walking Buddha (Pamela Gutman) 5 Relationships between Buddhist texts and images of the Enlightenment during the Early Pagan Period (Charlotte Galloway) 6 Bronze sculptures from Burma in the British Museum (T. Richard Blurton) 7 Narrative modes in late seventeenth to early nineteenth century Burmese wall paintings (Alexandra Green) 8 Burmese cosmological manuscripts (Patricia Herbert) 9 'Royal images' in their 'palaces': the place of the statues in the cult of the 37 nats (Benedicte Brac de la Perriere) 10 Problems and prospects for the preservation of wooden monasteries in Burma (Sylvia Fraser-Lu) 11 The Kachin Manau and Manau Shadung: the development of an ethno-cultural symbol in Burma (Mandy Sadan) 12 Court dress, politics and ethnicity in the Shan states (Susan Conway) 13 Diversity, identity and modernity in exile: 'traditional' Karenni clothing (Sandra Dudley) 14 Burmese arts and crafts: the Scherman collection in the Ethnographical Museum, Munich (Uta Weigelt) 15 Photographs by Max and Bertha Ferrars (Joanna Scadden) Index

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