Beheading a corpse
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 7162 (8) NAA INV 10000024
- Collection Collector
- Morse, Charles H.
- See more items in
- MS 7162 Book of Chinese watercolor paintings illustrating modes of punishment
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- MS 7162 Book of Chinese watercolor paintings illustrating modes of punishment, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- The picture shows a corpse lying in a coffin. The executioner is in the act of cutting off the corpse's head and has a cage in which to display it.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1538056214841-1538056214846-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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