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Originally Posted by ~Alaung_Hpaya~
It explains why we have this picture but not the fanciful and unlikely mingling of dress elements .
These uniforms disappeared with the monarchy. More likely is that this is a representation of a Burmese diplomatic mission to neighbouring India .
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My intial thinking was that there would be a mixing of clothing styles but I keep forgetting sumptuary laws. You and Mark are far better to address that. As to the similarities to the first picture there are clear enough I would not be surprised if they had been done by the same person though they ended different collections here ( One at the Met the other at the Smithsonian )