Linnaeus Tripe
1857, December - 1858, January
Beekinpully: Permaul's Swing at Mariammah Covil

Albumen print
10.25 x 14 cm (4 1/16 x 5 1/2 ins) (image) 18 x 22.5 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 ins) (mount)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
 
Curatorial description (Metropolitan Museum, Accessed: 6 April 2015)
 
For this study of a village temple (covil), Tripe focused on the tall posts and crossbeam of a swing, with a small shrine and outbuildings beyond. During certain festivals, bejeweled deities were gently rocked on such swings.
 
LL/59095