Charm sheet, from set of funerary offerings

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• 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
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  Paper
  
• 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
  
• Who:
• Where: Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore
  
• Event:
• 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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