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White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead

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Title
White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Burial customs - A-L

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1868
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - (A-L)
Topics
Litters
Coffins
Roosters
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- China -- 1800-1899
Funeral processions -- China
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: "A singular custom prevails in this part of China in connection with transporting to the residence of his family the corpse of one who dies away from home. While still at a distance, some of the family go forth to meet the coffin, taking with them a living white cok, or an image of a white cock, made as large as life out of bamboo splint and paper, colored so as to appear quite natural....The Chinese say that one of the three spirits of the dead comes into the cock at the time of meeting the corpse, and that the spirit is thus allured back to the family."--from accompanying text.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 6.7 x 10 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17706061
Barcode: 33333159464128
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cba2f2c0-c53c-012f-d1fe-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1868: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1868. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-ccfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 2, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-ccfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1868). White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-ccfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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White cock on a coffin luring home one of the spirits of the dead