Offerings. "Leaves" made of green bean paste. Ceremonial food offerings for ancestors. Two bundles, many broken pieces. Dyed pink, green and yellow. Fiber tie.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Shaping, Yunnan province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Bai
Collection date:
August 1987
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Ceremonial offerings. Boiled in hot oil (it expands) and offered to ancestors and/or to gods at altars in homes and temples. Used with incense.