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301. Add Or 5182

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5182
Title:
In prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
In prison Original inscription: 永無赦日 (the day of pardon will never come) Depiction of two criminals separately locked to a circular metal plate. The one on the left is standing, with a metal chain around his neck. The one on the right is sitting on the circular metal plate, hugging his knees. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

302. Add Or 5183

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5183
Title:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence Original inscription: 抽觔（筋）不走 (Extracting the Sinews. Punishment for Offence) Depiction of the cutting of the ham-strings to prevent the criminal from escaping. The criminal lies face down on a wooden board, while two clerks hold his hand and his f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

303. Add Or 5184

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5184
Title:
Flogging with Red Hot Chain. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Flogging with Red Hot Chain Original inscription: 火鏈刑身 (Punishment with a Red Hot Chain) Depiction of a bare-chested prison tied to a vertical wooden pool, about to be whipped by a hot red iron chain fixed to a wooden handle. The chain is being heated on a small fire by a clerk. This image is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

304. Add Or 5185

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5185
Title:
Torture. Extracting the truth. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Torture. Extracting the truth
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

305. Add Or 5186

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5186
Title:
Punishing a Bad Wife. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Punishing a Bad Wife Original inscription: 夾指問淫(Applying pressure to the fingers to interrogate promiscuity) Depiction of two men using a "finger crusher" (a Qing Dynasty torture tool) on a kneeling woman. The tool is made of five cylidrical pieces of wood tied together with a rope, which can ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

306. Add Or 5187

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5187
Title:
Strangulation. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Strangulation Original inscription: 議絞全屍 (Judgement of strangulation so that the corpse remains whole) Depiction of a criminal tied to a wooden cross and being strangled with a rope. On the ground are leg fetters and a wooden board inscribed with the words "By imperial decree, criminal condemn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

307. Add Or 5188

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5188
Title:
Beheading. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beheading Original inscription: 十惡殺頭 (convicted of one of the ten great wrongs and beheaded) Depiction of a kneeling criminal about to be beheaded. One officer squats behind the criminal and hols his shoulder; a second officer is depicted lifting a sword. The criminal has the board of infamy t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

308. Add Or 5189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5189
Title:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison Original inscription: 上囚赴解 (Carting the prisoner to a certain place) Depiction of two soldiers carrying a prisoner in a wooden cage. On the upper garnment of the left soldier, there are the characters "Brave of the Right Brigade", identifying h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

309. EAP012/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP012/1
Title:
Chaozhen Li Collection of Dongjing Material [c 1979-2006]
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of digitised Dongjing music scores, lyrics and sutras, audio and video recordings of Dongjing performances, and interviews with Dongjing performers. This material was digitised as part of the project EAP012 Salvage and Preservation of Dongjing Archives in Yunnan, China: ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1979-2006
Extent:
2 series, one containing 7 files consisting of 676 TIFF images, and one containing 383 MP3, approximately 17 hours duration of audio

310. EAP012/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP012/1/1
Title:
Dongjing manuscripts and printed materials [1979-2004]
Scope & Content:
This series consists of digitised Dongjing transcripts and scores from Yuanmou County, Heijing, Lufeng County, Nanhua County, Wuding County and Chuxiong, created by local Dongjing societies, the Chuxiong Museum, and Dongjing enthusiasts. The transcripts and scores date from 1979-2004.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1979-2004
Extent:
7 files, containing 676 TIFF images

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