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Title
Coffin going to grave, Sichuan, China, ca.1915-1925
Creator
Adams, Archibald
Date Created and/or Issued
1915/1925
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Coffin being carried to the grave." An elaborately designed coffin is being carried through the street by many attendants.
From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 9 x 12 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8984 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG008-001-0005-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8984
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG008-001-0005-0002.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Death
General views
Time Period
1915/1925
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG008/001/0005/0002 [File]
Relation
Archibald Adams Papers
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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