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Peguan people in
front of a temple

Afbeelding van de temple Kiakiak Dagun, en van de kleding der

Peguanen. A () I.C. Philips

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Below the image has a description in Dutch van de temple Kiakiak Dagun, en van de kleding der
Peguanen which means Image of the Temple Kiakiak Dagun, and the garments of Peguan (Mons). The
image was signed by I.C. Philips in 1730.
The judges have a particular garb of their own. Their hair being permitted to grow long, is tied on the top
of their heads with cotton ribbon wrapt about it, and it stands upright in the form of a sharp pyramid. Their
coat is of a thin Betella, so that their skin is easily seen through it. About their loyns they have a large
lungee or scarf, as all other Peguers have, that reaches to their ancles, and against the navel a round bundle made of their lungee, as big as a childs head, but stockings and shoes are not used in Pegu. (Captain
Alexander Hamlton, Account of Pegu and the Voyage to Cambodia and Siam in 1718)
According to this record the man in the image should be a judge in Bago.
Collected by Bee Htaw Monzel