Theodore Cockatoo’s interpretive sketch of the Star of Rangoon records a conjectural reconstruction, with annotations questioning the central stone, dimensions and mounting. It belongs with the material from his 1912 expedition; it does not document a recovery of the Star.
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Theodore’s drawing of the Star of Rangoon
An annotated notebook drawing of an eight-rayed jewel with a red central stone, smaller detail sketches and handwritten uncertainties.
Accession number
Not recorded
Record type
Illustration
Date as recorded
New York, December 1911; Burma, 1912 annotation
Place as recorded
Not recorded
Creator or attribution
Theodore Cockatoo; initials T.C.
Expedition or collection
Theodore Cockatoo’s 1912 expedition
Medium or format
Annotated notebook drawing
Custody and provenance
Field notes
Uncertain or missing information
The drawing is interpretive. Its annotations do not establish the jewel’s material, dimensions or recovery.
Transcript
STAR OF RANGOON
Conjectural reconstruction — New York, December 1911
central stone: ruby — or spinel?
eight principal rays
clear stones set along each point
dimensions uncertain
not drawn to scale
accounts disagree as to the mounting.
T.C.
Nang Hseng Wan called it – “the heart of the White Umbrella.”
— Burma, 1912