Celebration at Pegu

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Celebration at Pegu

Anoniem / Anonymous

Celebration at Pegu. This illustration depicts several men on a beach involved in some kind of baptismal ritual. This is an illustration of a celebration known as Sapan Daiche, a water festival.

According to the index of 'Begin ende Voortgang', the illustration is entitled: Het Feest Sapan Daiche genoempt.

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Is part of:

Pegu

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous

Period

1604

Material

paper

Technique

woodcut

Kind

print

Dimension

135 x 174 mm135 x 174 mm

Number

RP-P-OB-75-442

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, Asians, Africans & Americans, ship / vessel

Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)