Bearers carrying coffin
Collection
Identifier
RD-s093
Copyright
© 2012 Rosemary Delnavine
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: RD-s093. Perhaps Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Caption on photograph
Chinese coffin / Composed of four planks. The bearers no. from 2 to 50 or 60 according to the corpse’s position & wealth. Like myself this chap was rather hard up – he had only six.
Estimated Date
1921-1923
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
