Add to albumThese 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
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National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland K.1999.1293 C
- Date: 1999
1999
1999
- Material: Paper, black
Paper, blue
Paper, purple
Shirt
Shirt
Shirt
- 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
- Who:
- Where: Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
- Event:
- 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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