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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 180 Subject Buddhist Temples

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Photo 180(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(31)
Title:
Bells of a Buddhist pagoda, rung by worshippers to record devotions - Prome, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 180(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(33)
Title:
Buddhist temple interior with costly decorations in gold and colors, Moulmein, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 180(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(34)
Title:
Extraordinary shrine of Buddha on a rocking boulder in the Kelasa hills, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 180(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(35)
Title:
Kyaitteyo Pagoda, miraculously balanced by a hair of Buddha, on Kelasa hills, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
General view of the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, perched on the top of a massive boulder on a hillside some 12 miles from Kyaikto. The siting of this pagoda in the Kelasa hills near Thaton appears to be a confusion with print 34, which show a similar structure. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item