Photography Coffin in Funeral Procession
Photography Coffin in Funeral Procession
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A black-and-white photograph showing pallbearers and bier with richly decorated cloths covering the coffin. The embroidery on the cloths depicts two dragons with a pearl of wisdom in the centre.
The photograph is the 211th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Sarg im Leichenzuge. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 8.3 cm, width: 8.5 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: poor resolution, trimmed on all sides
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