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1. (TR)1965.073.005 - Manuscript

   This palm-leaf manuscript is a Buddhist sacred writing. It features Thai characters inscribed by priests on strips of palm leaves. A passage from Jessie Ackermann's book The World Through A Woman's Eyes details how she acquired this artifact in Siam (former name of Thailand) during her travels there in the late 1800s: "I came across numbers of them reading from their sacred books, a copy of which I very much desired. I asked my guide to tr...

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