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31. Photo 180(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(15)
Title:
Splendid honors to a dead Buddhist - elevating coffin in car to a gilded shrine, Mandalay, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Coffin being pulled up gangway to pyre. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 180(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(9)
Title:
Towering images of Buddha, symbolizing the serenity of self-renunciation, Pegu, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Seated statues of Buddha at the Kyaikpun Pagoda, Pegu. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 180(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(25)
Title:
Curiously rigged freight boat with standing oarsmen, on the broad Irrawaddy River, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Shows a laung-zat or rice paddy boat on the Irrawaddy, with characteristic high carved stern and bipod mast. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 180(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(10)
Title:
Largest of Buddha statues (181 ft) - the Teacher finding Peace in Death - Pegu, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 180(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(36)
Title:
Washing plant of the Burma Ruby Mining Co. - washing gravel from the rich mines of Mogok, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View of gravel washing drums. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 180(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(30)
Title:
Beautiful old Prome with its clustering trees and spires beside the Irrawaddy River, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View from a hillside looking towards pagodas and the Irrawaddy in the distance. A group of Buddhist monks in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 180(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(22)
Title:
Up 400 steps to prayer - hilltop pagoda guarded by lions, Sagaing, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View looking up the long and steep flight of steps towards the pagoda on the hill, with chinthes flanking the stairway in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 180(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(23)
Title:
Devotions of pious Burmese before statue of Buddha the Founder of their faith, Sagaing, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View looking towards shrine in the Ngadatkyi Pagoda in form of pyatthat containing a statue of the seated Buddha. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item