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Inneres der Ahnenhalle bei Lyungwo. Ahnenschrein mit Ahnentafel & Altar davor. Die Schnitzereien sind alle vergoldet, ebenso die Namen auf den Tafeln & die Umrahmung derselben

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Title: Inneres der Ahnenhalle bei Lyungwo. Ahnenschrein mit Ahnentafel & Altar davor. Die Schnitzereien sind alle vergoldet, ebenso die Namen auf den Tafeln & die Umrahmung derselben
Interior of the hall for ancestors near Lyungwo. Shrine for the ancestors, insciption for the ancestors, and an altar in front. The carvings are all gilded and so are the names on the inscriptions and their borders
Creator: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1904/1920
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: All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
8.3 x 11.4 cm.
Identifier: impa-m20001 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-8090
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m20001
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-8090.jpg
Subject: Altar
Ancestor worship
Ancestral hall
Candleholder
Confucianism
Interior
Lamp
Ritual object
Tablet
Wood carving
Time Period: 1904/1920
Place: Heshuwan
Longwo
Source: A-30.57.020 [Reference number]
QA-34.004.0030 [Same image reference number]
Relation: China, Religion. Ancestor veneration. 7.a. Funeral processions, coffins, jars for gold, c. Graves, d. Halls for the ancestors, houses for souls
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17061
impa-m32695
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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