Carved Ivory Tusks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Dec 1937
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ambrose Swasey
notes: label: Notes
content: From catalog card: "Mounted on carved teakwood The carvings on the two tusks are identical, with the exception of the two figures carved in the tips, one of which represents the King and the other the queen in an old Burmese legend. The various scenes depicted on each tusk typify important events in the life of the King and queen and their children, the theme of the story being distinctively characteristic of the Buddhist faith, which abounds in tales illustrating the various difficulties one must meet in striving to acquire the “ten virtues” enjoined upon men."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Burma (Myanmar), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Burmese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 146266
label: USNM Number
content: E378911-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving