Rangoon: Henzas on the East Side of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda

Linnaeus Tripe British

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Taken from the wide platform on which the Shwe Dagon Pagoda rested, this photograph shows four wooden posts topped with carvings of birds that constituted pious offerings. Burmese art featured various birds, including the hintha, which Tripe called "henza." Usually identified as a duck or goose, the hintha appears in tales of the previous lives of Gautama. In one of these stories, Gautama takes the form of a hintha and offers guidance to a king regarding the importance of royal benevolence—appropriate to this site in Burma’s royal capital.

Rangoon: Henzas on the East Side of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

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Rangoon: Henzas on the East Side of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative
Rangoon: Henzas on the East Side of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

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