Fridge-freezer, from set of funerary offerings

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This cardboard fridge-freezer, 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.

The is a tall, green-coloured cardboard fridge-freezer, with the brand name 'HELLESSIONAL' and model type 'SR 888'.

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: 000-100-104-918-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  K.1999.1175
• Date: 1999
  
• Material: Card, green, black, white and grey
  Fridge freezer
  
• Dimensions: 467 mm H x 54 mm L x 293 mm W
  
• What: Fridge freezer
  
• Subject: Paper offering
  
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• Where: Singapore
  
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• Description: Green, black, white and grey card fridge-freezer, 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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