Add to albumThis flask with beaker and tea set, 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 imitation Thermos flask and separate beaker are of cardboard, and the tea set, which comprises a pot and three small handle-less cups, is also of cardboard, in a presentation cellophane-covered cardboard box.
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: 000-190-004-217-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland K.1999.1172 B
- Date: 1999
1999
1999
1999
- Material: Card, green and silver; paper
Card, orange; card, pink; glue
Card, pink
Card, white red and green
Flask
Flask cup
Teapot
Tray / cup
- Dimensions: 143 mm H x 97 mm L x 150 mm W
278 mm H x 90 mm D
50 mm H x 196 mm L x 172 mm W
97 mm H x 111 mm D
- What: Flask
Flask cup
Teapot
Tray / cup
- Subject: Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
- Who:
- Where: Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
- Event:
- Description: Green and silver card flask with paper picture of fruit on the front, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999
White red and green card cup for a flask, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999
Pink card teapot, part of paper offerings for a man, which would be burnt at the graveside as an offering for ancestors: Singapore, 1999
Orange card tray with three pink card cups glued to it, 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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