Various ceremonies & customs in the East Indies, when a woman has obtained leave to bury herself alive with her deceased husband.
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- Alternate Title
- Various ceremonies and customs in the East Indies, when a woman has obtained leave to bury herself alive with her deceased husband
- Abstract
- Depicts a crowd gathered around a grave in which a widow has joined her deceased husband to be buried alive. People are emptying baskets of dirt into the grave, and others are playing musical instruments.
- Contributor
- Hogg, Alexander, active 1778-1819 (Publisher)
- Date
- March 29, 1794
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- image 15 x 26 cm, plate mark 18 x 28 cm, on sheet 23 x 39 cm
- Genre
- engravings (prints)
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print : engraving
- Notes
- Title from caption (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Portlock, William Henry. New, complete and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.
- Source
- "Engraved for Portlock's New collection of voyages & travels.", Portlock, William Henry. New, complete and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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