Pair of shoes and hat, from set of funerary offerings

This pair of shoes and hat, 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 hat is Western-style, brimmed, black on the outside, and made from three pieces of cardboard. The shoes are also Western-style, and have brown paper soles.

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:	000-190-004-215-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland K.1999.1165
Date:	1999 1999 1999
Material:	Card, brown; paper Cardboard, black; paper Cardboard, black; paper
Dimensions:	77 mm H x 300 mm L x 260 mm W 95 mm H x 285 mm L x 95 mm W 95 mm H x 285 mm L x 95 mm W
What:	Hat Shoe Shoe
Subject:	Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Where:	Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Description:	One of a pair of black card shoes, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a pair of black card shoes, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Brown card hat with brim, 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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