Accession No

E 1908.39.5


Description

Representation of a paper lantern. Paper and wooden models for burning at funerals in order to give the dead the use of the articles in the other world.


Place

Asia; East Asia; China


Period


Source

Blaikie, Garden (Reverend) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1908.39.5; MAA: AR 1909.282


Cultural Affliation


Material

Paper; Cardboard; Paint


Local Term


Measurements

118mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Southern China
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Paper and wooden models for burning at funerals in order to give the dead the use of the articles in the other world. They comprise a lantern, a table, a pair of shoes and one odd shoe, five cut out garments, three cut out figures, a fan, nine coins, a pair of scissors, a packet of joss sticks, a prayer sail and five unidentified objects.
Event Date 1908
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Found together / assemblage)
These items are all believed to be from the same collection (ie. that donated by Blaikie), although they were found later among the Folklore Collection. According to the description on the catalogue card, this collection is supposed to include an opium smoker' s kit (including pipe, lamp cleaners. tray and boxes of opium), shoe, heels and bandages for a woman' s bound feet and a " shoe" or ingot of silver. These items may be those which remain unidentified or may have gone missing (Alison McKeating, 12 1 1994).
Event Date 7/1/1994
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Paper and cardboard lantern, used in funerary rites as a gift for the deceased to use in the afterlife. The paper lantern is cylindrical in shape with a separate lid, and an internal lampshade which is also separate to the rest of the lantern. The exterior is decorated with white flowers with foliage positioned around the flowers. The internal structure and wick are made from cardboard.
Event Date 25/9/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:284896

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