Ornament
Item number Edz976 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Edz976 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Four (parts a-d) gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with a design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7 cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.
These are affixed to the upper corners of ancestral tablets and household and public shrines at new year and remain throughout the year. Those from the previous year are removed at this time. They signify that the tablet or shrine is worshipped and tended.
New Year; festival
Red represents happiness and good fortune and may exert a protective influence.
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New Year; festival
These are affixed to the upper corners of ancestral tablets and household and public shrines at new year and remain throughout the year. Those from the previous year are removed at this time. They signify that the tablet or shrine is worshipped and tended.
Red represents happiness and good fortune and may exert a protective influence.
Four (parts a-d) gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with a design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7 cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.
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