Court women of Burma in ceremonial dress. Servant bowing, chief counsellor or woongee's wife with fan, privy counsellor or attawoon's wife, and counsellor or woondoc's wife with fan. Adapted from Michael Symes' An account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

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