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Overview
A vintage oval wood marquetry wall plaque showing a Burmese ozi drummer in mid-dance. He wears a pale headwrap and jacket with a striped lower garment, and plays a long goblet-shaped drum slung on a strap across his body, one hand on the drumhead. The whole picture is built from cut pieces of different woods in their natural colours, from pale yellow to deep reddish brown, set into a straight-grain wood background. Nothing is painted. It suits a wall, a gallery grouping, a study or a reading nook, and it hangs from a wire loop on the back.
Background
The ozi is a long goblet-shaped drum played in Burmese folk and festival dances. The back keeps its original typed paper labels: "Ozi Dance" at the top, a maker's label reading "Moezar, Marquetry Plaques in Natural Colours, Mya Aye, No. 61, Arakan ..., Rangoon, Burma", and a key to the woods used, typed in English and Burmese, with a matching strip of small wood samples. Readable names include Inma, Hnaw, Pine, Teak and Tamalan. The "Rangoon, Burma" address places it before 1989, when the official names changed to Yangon and Myanmar.
Condition
Good vintage condition with no missing inlay pieces seen. There are light scratches and surface wear across the face, a few small white marks (on the drum and near the left foot), and small dark marks near the top edge. The labels are aged and some wood names are faded or hard to read. Please see all photos.
Dimensions & Weight
The plaque measures 10.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches (H x W x D) and weighs about 9.6 oz.
Shipping
Free standard shipping within the US, packed securely.
