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Carved and painted wooden model figure of man, the occupant of a palanquin. His skin is painted in a paler colour than that that of the bearers. He is seated with his right leg across his left thigh, the right leg down at the front. He wears a lungi which is gathered and tied at the right hand side at his waist. Across his chest is a loop of threads which pass over his left shoulder across his back and chest and round his waist.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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