National Museum - Bangkok, Transportation Room

Transportation Room ( ราชยานคานหาม)
The transportation room contains palanquins, ceremonial
chairs with carrying poles and howdahs (elephant chairs)
used by royalty and high-ranking officials from the late 19th
century to the present. The palanquin with the temple-style
roof is the oldest and belonged to the Supreme Patriach.
The large, gilded ceremonial palanquin was carried by 16
men and used in coronation and funeral processions of
kings. The roofed howdahs were mainly used by princesses
and would probably have been curtained. Note the delicately
carved ivory howdah (early 20th century), a gift from the
Prince of Chiangmai to King Chulalongkorn, Rama V
(1868-1910).

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