Image of door screen, from set of funerary offerings

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This image of a door screen, 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.

This is a sheet of paper, printed with the image of a screen as used to hang at the tops of doorways, to prevent flies from entering a room and to keep the occupants comfortable.

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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• Online ID: 000-100-104-954-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  K.1999.1295
• Date: 1999
  
• Material: Paper
  Paper / Door screen
  
• Dimensions: 540 mm L x 260 mm W
  
• What: Paper / Door screen
  
• Subject: Paper offering
  
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• Where: Singapore
  
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• Description: Sheet of paper with image of a door screen, 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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