Amerapoora: Gautama’s Shrine

Linnaeus Tripe

This is at the Sontoung-Pyee-tiyne Pagoda. The white Elephant and a Nat are making offerings to Gautama. The Nats, in Burman belief, are an order of being superior to man, some being beneficent, others mischievous.

Object Details

Title : Amerapoora: Gautama’s Shrine

Artist : Linnaeus Tripe

Date : 1855

Dimensions : Image : 25.5 x 34.5 cm (10 x 13.12 in)

Mount : 38 x 47.5 cm (14.16 x 18.13 in)

Classification : Photograph

Location : Universities’ Central Library