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Sheet of tissue with charm and images of clothing, from set of funerary offerings
This sheets, 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 sheet of thin yellow tissue paper is printed with a Buddhist-like good luck charm, and with images representing a man's and a woman's set of clothes.
Symbolic possessions such as this 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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000-190-004-219-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland K.1999.1284 |
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1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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Paper; printed Paper; printed Paper; printed Paper; printed Paper; printed Paper; printed Paper; printed
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541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W 541 mm L x 437 mm W
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Charm Charm Charm Charm Charm Charm Charm
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Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore
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One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 One of a number of paper charms printed with male and female garments, 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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