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| Keywords: Burmese man.jpg en Photograph of a Burmese man Burma Myanmar taken by Philip Adolphe Klier in the 1890s In this full-length studio portrait the man is shown posed with hand on hip holding a cigar in his left hand against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene He wears a turban a fur-lined jacket and the man ™s lower garment known as a silk pahso During the Konbaung Dynasty 1752-1885 fine fabrics such as silk and garments such as the jacket were reserved for court officials by sumptuary laws After the fall of the Burmese monarchy they were worn by the wealthy http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/a/019pho0000088s1u00044000 html British Library photograph cm British Library object history credit line accession number 1895 PD-old-auto-1923 1911 DEFAULTSORT Klier Philip Adolphe; Portrait male Burmese man; British Library Photographs by Philip Adolphe Klier Images from the British Library Ž Men of Myanmar Clothing of Myanmar Painted photography backdrops Longyis Fur fashion in 1895 | ||||
