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Treasures of two nations : Thai royal gifts to the United States of America / Lisa McQuail

Record no:

68902

Call no:

745.09593 MCQ

Author:

McQuail, Lisa, 1960 - ; Smithsonian Institution ; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program

Publisher:

Washington, D.C.: Asian Cultural History Program,Smithsonian Institution

Year:

1997

Description:

182 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports., facsims. ; 34 cm.

Subject:

Material culture - Thailand;
Art objects - Thailand;
Arts - Thailand;
Thailand - Kings and rulers;
Thailand - Foreign relations - United States;

Ethnological museums and collections - Washington, D.C. - Catalogues;

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Isbn:

9781891739026

Type:

Book

Contents:

The Smithsonian's collection of Thai royal gifts -- Thailand and Asian gift exchange -- The meaning of Thai royal gifts -- Royal requests and Western gifts -- Chronology of Thai royal gifts to the United States of America -- The royal letters, photographs,

lists of gifts, and envelopes -- Nielloware -- Buddhist arts -- Weapons -- Textiles -- Royal transportation -- Drums, gongs and musical instruments -- Theatrical arts -- Everyday life -- Kings of the Chakri Dynasty.

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