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Set of three shirts, from set of funerary offerings
These three paper shirts, bought from a funerary goods supplier in Singapore, are from a boxed set of paper and cardboard offerings for a man. The offerings represent a full set of symbolic possessions for the afterlife.
These are three oriental-type folded shirts, one grey, one blue, and one mauve, and each has gold buttons running down the front and an upstanding collar.
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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000-190-004-221-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland K.1999.1293 C |
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1999 1999 1999
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Paper, black Paper, blue Paper, purple
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Dimensions: |
100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W 100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W 100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W
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Shirt Shirt Shirt
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Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Black paper shirt, one of three, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Blue paper shirt, one of three, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Purple paper shirt, one of three, 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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