Burmese Fortune Teller's Book

Colored diagrams, line after line, on a folded strip of paper.

Burmese makers produced this fortune teller’s book in paper and pigment in the 19th century. Folding books like this are often associated with horoscopes and predictive practices. The pages are open in a staggered series, each panel framed in red and brown ink. Elongated, geometric diagrams sit between lines of handwritten script. A small picture sits at the base. The paper is tan and soft, with some fading. The writing is not read here.

It extends to about 100 inches. A good one for the wall, or for being unfolded.