Linnaeus Tripe
Pugahm Myo, Shwe-koo Pagoda or “Golden Cane”
1854
Physical Qualities
Salt print from a paper negative, Mount: 457 x 583 mm. (18 x 22 15/16 in.)
Image/Sheet: 252 x 345 mm. (9 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Roger M. Dalsheimer Photograph Acquisitions Endowment, and The Abell Foundation Photograph Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2013.227
Pugahm Myo [Pagan], Shwe-koo Pagoda [Shwegugyi Pagoda] or "Golden Cane [Golden Cave]"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2013; Charles Isaacs Photographs; Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs
Inscribed: In image, at lower right, in black ink: "L. Tripe"; at lower center printed in black ink: "No. 14. Pugahm Myo. Shwe-koo Pagoda. / Or "Golden Cane." A good miniature specimen of the most decorated style of Pugahm Architecture. It contains some remarkable inscriptions, and dates from about A.D. 1550."
