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Description: | Hell-money, paper. Paper note. Face: red-printing. Head and shoulders portrait of Chinese, Chinese characters etc. Obverse: Blue-printed. Pagoda. Inscription 'Hell Bank Note' and denomination 100000 yukwong. Strewn in the wake of the funeral cortege to buy off demons.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn17476 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Death tablets (ritual & belief: cult of the dead) paper imitation currency Chinese Peoples hell money Currency ink | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-54154 | Go to resource |
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