https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/25/resources/4415
Overview
From Paula Curtis Collection[1]: Collection of pictographic manuscripts, used in performing religious rituals by the Naxi community. The Naxi (Chinese people) are an ethnic minority in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province in China, near the borders of Tibet and Burma. The population is estimated to be around 250,000, and made up largely of farmers and traders. The Naxi language is the only remaining living pictographic language today. This collection contains 598 ceremonial manuscripts and 3 funereal scrolls written in a pictographic script. Often, during the religious rituals, the edges of the books are burned, resulting in damage to the manuscript. Only 21 of the manuscripts are dated, the earliest being from 1826 and the latest from 1910.
- Institution/Author: Harvard University
- Period: Modern
- Geographic Focus: China
- Access: Open Access
Digital Humanities Resources on East Asia by Dr. Paula R. Curtis ↩︎