id:			124171
accession number:	1945.172
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:00.319000

Kammavacha: Buddhist Ordination Text, 1800s. Myanmar (Burma). Cover: lacquer, gilding, and glass appliqué on wood; leaves: lacquer and gilding on cloth; text stack: 13 x 57.2 x 4.8 cm (5 1/8 x 22 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.); cover: 13 x 57.2 x 0.9 cm (5 1/8 x 22 1/2 x 3/8 in.); each leaf: 12.8 x 56.1 cm (5 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1945.172

title:				Kammavacha: Buddhist Ordination Text
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Myanmar (Burma)
technique:	Cover: lacquer, gilding, and glass appliqué on wood; leaves: lacquer and gilding on cloth
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Burmese Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Text stack: 13 x 57.2 x 4.8 cm (5 1/8 x 22 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.); Cover: 13 x 57.2 x 0.9 cm (5 1/8 x 22 1/2 x 3/8 in.); Each leaf: 12.8 x 56.1 cm (5 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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PROVENANCE

	Grace M. Beaven [1889–1982], Cleveland Heights, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945–
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