Charm sheet, from set of funerary offerings

This sheet, 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.

This sheet of yellow tissue paper is printed with various good-luck charms, some in the form of filled circles, some within a human hand shape. They are designed to bring the deceased good luck.

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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Online ID:	000-190-004-220-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland K.1999.1292
Date:	1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
Material:	Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design Paper; yellow; printed; red design
Dimensions:	372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W 372 mm H x 254 mm W
What:	Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper
Subject:	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
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Description:	Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Yellow paper printed with red designs, 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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