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Pékin. - Dieu de la fécondité [Fertility god]


Pékin. - Dieu de la fécondité [Fertility god]

Postcard Data

Size: 90x142mm
Caption: Pékin. - Dieu de la fécondité [Fertility god]

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Publisher's Reference: 60

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W

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Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Image Author: Th. Culty (Probable)
Creation Place: (Certain)

Topic: Altar of god of fertility

Action: Two statues (male at right, female at left) in a niche are dressed in cloth, the male holding a toddler. Another appears in the ornament held by the female deity. Nine other toddlers are displayed below. An old man stands besides an altar table, incense burner and candlesticks. Two more boys carry something.

Image Particulars: The cult is meant to grant the birth of boys.


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