
{"id":1496,"date":"2019-08-07T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=1496"},"modified":"2021-09-19T20:27:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T13:27:35","slug":"en-royal-gifts-from-thailand","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/th\/activity\/en-royal-gifts-from-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Gifts from Thailand &#8211; EN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header Banner&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Selected Masterpieces from Thailand&#8217;s Royal Gifts to the United States of America&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; content_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; width=&#8221;101%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/activity\/en-royal-gifts-from-thailand\/\">English<\/a> <span style=\"color: #888888;\">|<\/span> <a href=\"\/activity\/th-royal-gifts-from-thailand\/\">\u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|tablet&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;About this trip  %91Do not edit%93&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||4px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.5&#8243; width=&#8221;81%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||50px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slider module_class=&#8221;contact-on-dark&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||19px|||&#8221; auto=&#8221;on&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Photo of H.M. King Chulalongkorn, Rama V,  on his Second Coronation, 16 October, 1873&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img-9-3.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#8e794c&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Gift of King Chulalongkorn, 1876<br \/> Centennial Exposition, Siam Exhibit<br \/> National Anthropological Archives Inventory no: 041031.00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/smithsonian\/1b-harris-treaty-of-1856\/\">Read More Below<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Royal Funeral Chariot&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img-3c-3a.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#8e794c&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Phra Maha Pichai Raja Rot<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Detail of\u00a0<em>busabuk<\/em>\u00a0throne<br \/> Gift of King Chulalongkorn to President<br \/> Ulysses S. Grant, 1876<br \/> Centennial Exposition, Siam Exhibit<br \/> Department of Anthropology, cat. no: E27367<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Northern Thai Lacquerware Bowl&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img-9-1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#8e794c&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Gift of King Chulalongkorn, 1904<br \/> Siam Exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition<br \/> Bamboo, lacquer, and paint<br \/> Department of Anthropology, cat. no: E234040<br \/> 19.7 cm height x 19 cm diameter<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Detail Monk\u2019s Alms Bowl Cover, Lid with Emblem of State&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img-9-2.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#8e794c&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Gift of King Chulalongkorn, 1876<br \/> CentennialExposition, Siam Exhibit<br \/> Wood, lacquer and mother-of-pearl<br \/> Department of Anthropology, cat. no: E27266<br \/> 26.5 cm diameter x 7 cm height<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||20px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gallery<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; 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_builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Gallery 2&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Smithsonian-Gallery-2-Featured-Image.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; link_option_url=&#8221;\/smithsonian_en\/gallery-2a-h-m-king-chulalongkorns-gifts-at-the-worlds-expositions\/&#8221; filter_opacity_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; filter_opacity__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; filter_opacity__hover=&#8221;80%&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Explores a new focus on the Thai Royal Gift Exchange by examining His Majesty King Chulalongkorn&#8217;s Gifts to the United States for Thailand&#8217;s participation in US World expositions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Gallery 3&#8243; image=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Smithsonian-Gallery-3-Featured-Image.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; link_option_url=&#8221;\/smithsonian_en\/3a-institutional-gifts\/&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; filter_opacity__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; filter_opacity__hover=&#8221;80%&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Explores a small sample of recent gifts from the Thai Monarchs to the United States and puts this lasting friendship into its historical perspective.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_id=&#8221;read-more&#8221; module_class=&#8221;custom_row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eff1f3&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|0px|50px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;30px|30px||30px||true&#8221; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Treasures of Two Nations<br \/><span class=\"h4\">Thai Royal Gifts To The United States Of America<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>By Lisa McQuail<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Thai Royal Gifts described and illustrated in this volume are deeply symbolic of the long and evolving friendship between Thailand and the United States of America. This beautifully illustrated book documents for the first time a group of artifacts whose meaning and significance have, until now, been inadequately understood by scholars, and sometimes even misunderstood by the recipients of the gifts themselves\u2014the presidents and people of the United States. Yet for both Thais and Americans these gifts truly are historic, artistic, and scientific treasures, through which the Kings of Thailand represented their nation, and its alliances with America through time.<\/p>\n<p>Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the Untied States of America will interest art-, social-, and diplomatic-historians; anthropologists, linguists, and ethnomusicologists; students of Thai theater and culture; and all those who will appreciate the aesthetic quality of the gift objects or the stories those objects were meant to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa McQuail is an archeologist, anthropologist, and writer who has conducted fieldwork at archeological sites in Central Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Hardbound (ISBN #: 1-891739-01-8) and softcover (ISBN #: 1-891739-02-6)<\/p>\n<p>Published 1997 by the Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution; 182 pages; 253 illustrations (233 in full color).<\/p>\n<p>Note: The book is now out of print, but you can\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/McQuailTreasures-Full-Size.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download a copy here<\/a>\u00a0(82MB) or\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/McQuailTreasuresSmall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lower resolution version here<\/a>\u00a0(28MB).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_id=&#8221;read-more&#8221; module_class=&#8221;custom_row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eff1f3&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|0px|50px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;30px|30px||30px||true&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; module_class=&#8221;first-on-mobile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin: auto;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/thesiamsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img-9-3.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; module_class=&#8221;second-on-mobile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|60px||60px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0px|50px|0px|true|true&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin: auto;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Photo of H.M. King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, on his Second Coronation, 16 October, 1873<\/h3>\n<p>H.M. King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, is seen resplendent in his gold robes on the day of his Second Coronation. He is wearing the Great Crown of Victory and is surrounded by his other regalia. His father N.M. King Mongkut, Rama IV, had died of malaria contracted on an expedition to the Gulf of Siam to observe a solar eclipse (King Mongkut had predicted the solar eclipse precisely) in August, 1868. King Chulalongkorn wrote a touching letter, bordered in black, informing President Andrew Johnson of King Mongkut&#8217;s death (U.S. National Archives, Ceremonial Letters). King Chulalongkorn also sent these mourning letters to all other Western heads of state at the time of King Mongkut&#8217;s death. Somdet Chao Phraya Sri Suriyawongse served as regent until King Chulalongkorn&#8217;s second coronation in 1873 (Chakrabongse 1967; Moffat 1961; Griswold 1960). This photograph was sent along with the Siam Exhibit items for the 1876 Centennial Exposition.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||0px||false|false&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#141414&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Sponsors<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>IBM Thailand Company, Limited<\/h4>\n<p>This virtual exhibition was generously supported by IBM Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Thai Airways International<\/h4>\n<p>The organizers wish to thank Thai Airways International for its generous support of the Smithsonian&#8217;s &#8220;Heritage of Thailand&#8221; efforts since 1993.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Heritage of Thailand Fund &#8211; Asian Cultural History Program<\/h4>\n<p>The Smithsonian thanks the many donors to the &#8220;Heritage of Thailand Fund,&#8221; founded in 1982. This exhibition is one of many projects it has supported. Publication of the book\u00a0<em>Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America<\/em>, truly a collaborative project, was also made possible by a generous donation from the Royal Thai Government to this fund. The book&#8217;s preparation was undertaken in celebration of two events in the year 1996: the Smithsonian Institution&#8217;s 150th anniversary, and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||0px||false|false&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#141414&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; 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