Set of three shirts, from set of funerary offerings

These three paper shirts, bought from a funerary goods supplier in Singapore, are from a boxed set of paper and cardboard offerings for a man. The offerings represent a full set of symbolic possessions for the afterlife.

These are three oriental-type folded shirts, one grey, one blue, and one mauve, and each has gold buttons running down the front and an upstanding collar.

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:	000-190-004-221-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland K.1999.1293 C
Date:	1999 1999 1999
Material:	Paper, black Paper, blue Paper, purple
Dimensions:	100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W 100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W 100 mm H x 346 mm L x 295 mm W
What:	Shirt Shirt Shirt
Subject:	Paper offering Paper offering Paper offering
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Where:	Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Description:	Black paper shirt, one of three, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Blue paper shirt, one of three, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999 Purple paper shirt, one of three, 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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