Ornate box for carrying the Koran during a funeral, Xian, Shaanxi, China, 1936

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Title: Ornate box for carrying the Koran during a funeral, Xian, Shaanxi, China, 1936
Creator: Pickens, Claude L., 1900-1985
Published / Created: 1936
Publication Place: Shensi, Changan, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
This ornate box for carrying the Koran in front of the bier at a funeral is part of the equipment of the Great Eastern Mosque, Changan. Two janazahs or coffins in which the body is carried as far as the grave can be seen one above the other behind the tablet.
Extent: 7 x 10 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection / Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 333 | Folder 1

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