Mandarins House,Death indside,Red Pole,Flag,1881,Peking

Title: 'Front of a Mandarin's house, with death in the house. The red pole from which the flag is flying is erected as soon as possible after the death. It is supposed to afford a landmark to facilitate the return of the dead man's spirit should it wander too far from the body'
Date Created/Published: 1881.
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Summary: Peking, 1881.
Notes:
Photo by Child.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Rites & ceremonies; China Misc. 1881; China Peking; Death Misc.; Shelf.
Bookmark /2006677889/
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