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HISTORY & MONARCHY

 

 

 

  Aung San

 

Myanmar

A portrait of Bogyoke Aung San, the father of modern-day Myanmar (fig.). It is made in silvery glitter on black velvet, a kind of print in Thai called phaap sih sathon saeng bon phah kammayih, and here put up for sale on a souvenir market in Mandalay.