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ANON. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky combinations of couples and how to use the match making method of the "entwined Naga". Explanation of the method of calculating the right directions for building a new house using the "rotating Naga", explanation of lucky and unlucky shpaes of land plots. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination. Illustrations in water colour and ink. Physical Description Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi). Dimensions: 340 mm x 110 mm. Source: Or. 3593 f.5. Language: Thai.

ANON. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky combinations of couples and how to use the match making method of the "entwined Naga". Explanation of the method of calculating the right directions for building a new house using the "rotating Naga", explanation of lucky and unlucky shpaes of land plots. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination. Illustrations in water colour and ink. Physical Description Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi). Dimensions: 340 mm x 110 mm. Source: Or. 3593 f.5. Language: Thai.
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Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky combinations of couples and how to use the match making method of the "entwined Naga". Explanation of the method of calculating the right directions for building a new house using the "rotating Naga", explanation of lucky and unlucky shpaes of land plots. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination. Illustrations in water colour and ink. Physical Description Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi). Dimensions: 340 mm x 110 mm. Source: Or. 3593 f.5. Language: Thai.
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