Notes

University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: HR01-086. At an otherwise innocuous pottery factory, a wooden cross leans against the wall on the right.  This cross was apparently used for torture and execution by crucifixion. Called Ma-tow, this place was an execution ground for Chinese felons only.

Caption in album or on mount

Execution Ground. Canton.

Location

Guangzhou

Estimated Date

1910-1913

Tags

• punishment
• crime
• justice
• decapitation
• pot
• execution
• Guangzhou
• pottery
• torture
• factory
• Rue

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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