Add to albumThis 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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- Online ID: 000-190-004-219-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland K.1999.1284
- Date: 1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
- Material: Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Paper; printed
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
- Dimensions: 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
- What: Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
Charm
- Subject: Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
Paper offering
- Who:
- Where: Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
- Event:
- Description: 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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