On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Tsagain Myo: Ruined Tazoung
Linnaeus Tripe British
Not on view
Tripe’s photograph of this small, ruined wooden shrine suggests his curiosity at the Burmese Buddhists’ apparent lack of concern for the repair of certain religious structures. This neglect reflects the belief that one gains greater spiritual merit by establishing a new shrine or monastery than by repairing an existing one.
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
