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| Keywords: A Burmese man, photograph by Philip Adolphe Klier.jpg Philip Adolphe Klier 1845-1911 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 other date s 1890 photograph cm 20 7 27 1 British Library object history credit line accession number http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/a/019pho0000088s1u00044000 html British Library 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 Longyis Fur fashion in 1895 | ||||
