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Mobile phone, from set of funerary offerings
This cardboard mobile phone, bought from a funerary goods supplier in Singapore, is from a boxed set of paper and cardboard offerings for a man. The offerings represent a full set of symbolic possessions for the afterlife.
Made of cardboard, in the shape of mobile phone with integral battery charger, this item comes in a presentation clear cellophane bag.
These symbolic possessions are burned in a night-time Daoist funerary ceremony, several weeks after the deceased's cremation. It is a widespread contemporary tradition in south-east Asia. The cardboard items are burned to ensure a comfortable afterlife.
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000-190-004-216-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland K.1999.1170 C |
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1999 1999 1999 1999
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Material: |
Card Card Card, black, grey, geren and white Card; paper, gray and yellow
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12 mm H x 80 mm L x 50 mm W 14 mm H x 160 mm L x 15 mm W 18 mm H x 122 mm L x 62 mm W 35 mm H x 160 mm L x 63 mm W
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What: |
Battery charger, mobile phone Battery, mobile phone Mobile phone Toothbrush
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Subject: |
Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Gray and yellow paper and card toothpaste, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Card mobile phone in black, grey, green and white, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Card battery for a mobile phone, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Card battery charger for a mobile phone, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999
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