MS 7598 Chinese paper money for the dead
odd: label: Local Note
content: Information from Huey-ing Jeng, museum inter from George Washington University, and Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology.
name: label: Creator
content: ANONYMOUS
topic: label: Topic
content: mortuary custom -- Chinese
label: Topic
content: Yinzhi
creator: label: Creator
content: ANONYMOUS
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese -- paper money
label: Culture
content: Chinese -- mortuary custom
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Items (pieces , 6x6.5 cm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Receipt not recorded. Transferred to the archives by Chang-su Houchins, November 3, 1994.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7598
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Yinzhi (literally silver money--the paper money with silver stamp) is used for mortuary ritual as well as ancestor worship ceremonies. It is burned to make it available to the deceased in the netherworld.