Gold and silver ingots, from set of funerary offerings

These paper ingots, bought from a funerary goods supplier in Singapore, are from a boxed set of paper and cardboard offerings for a man. The offerings represent symbolic possessions for the afterlife, including various currency types for use as bribes.

These gold and silver ingots are made of brownish paper, printed with rectangles of metallic colour to resemble gold and silver. Some have a red panel as well. The ingot shape is made by simple paper folding (origami). There were 60 in the box.

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:	000-190-002-304-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland K.1999.1207
Date:	1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
Material:	Card, buff; red ink; gold leaf Card, buff; red ink; gold leaf Card, buff; red ink; gold leaf Card, buff; red ink; gold leaf Card, buff; red ink; gold leaf Card, buff; silver leaf Card, buff; silver leaf Card, buff; silver leaf Card, buff; silver leaf Card, buff; silver leaf
Dimensions:	38 mm H x 125 mm L x 30 mm W 38 mm H x 125 mm L x 30 mm W 38 mm H x 125 mm L x 30 mm W 38 mm H x 125 mm L x 30 mm W 38 mm H x 125 mm L x 30 mm W 46 mm H x 130 mm L x 30 mm W 46 mm H x 130 mm L x 30 mm W 46 mm H x 130 mm L x 30 mm W 46 mm H x 130 mm L x 30 mm W 46 mm H x 130 mm L x 30 mm W
What:	Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot Ingot
Subject:	Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Where:	Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Description:	Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated in red ink and gold leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated in red ink and gold leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated in red ink and gold leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated in red ink and gold leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated in red ink and gold leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated with silver leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated with silver leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated with silver leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated with silver leaf, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Buff coloured card in the form of an ingot decorated with silver leaf, 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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