Title
Sandals used in Tiandihui initiation ceremony
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Accession No.
1996-02880
Collection of
In an initiation ceremony, a pair of straw sandals represented the new recruit's symbolic leap over a fiery ditch or river of Hell. These are still used today, with shops selling them as Chinese funerary items. They are often worn during funeral wakes by male descendants of the deceased.
