China Old Postcard Native Chinese Chained PRISONERS in CANGUE Execution Shanghai

Vintage Old picture post card, China. 3 Native Chinese Chained Prisoners in Cangue, Ethnic Life. Wooden Collar. They are thus paraded before the people.

Publisher: Photo by Denniston & Sullivan Shanghai
Background: A cangue is a device used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and other parts of Asia. It was similar to the stocks used in the West, except that the board of the cangue was not fixed to a base, and had to be carried around by the prisoner.

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China Old Postcard Native Chinese Chained PRISONERS in CANGUE Execution Shanghai

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