Rangoon: The Votive Tree

Linnaeus Tripe

Offerings of muslin are suspended from this in honor of Gautama; some even have prayers written upon them in the idea that every breeze would waft their petitions to Gautama.

Object Details

Title : Rangoon: The Votive Tree

Artist : Linnaeus Tripe

Date : 1855

Dimensions : Image : 26 x 33.5 cm (10.4 x 13.4 in)

Mount : 37.7 x 48.4 cm (14.13 x 19.2 in)

Classification : Photograph

Location : Universities’ Central Library