Hong Kong China Old Color Postcard Prisoners in Wooden Collar 600 CANGUE Paraded

Vintage Colour Chinese Old post card, Hongkong Hong Kong China. Ethnic Life. Execution 4 Chinese Prisoners in the Cangues, Number 600. Ethnic Life. Prisoners Wearing Wooden Collar. They are thus paraded before the people. Canton, Chinese Criminals.

Publisher: Lau Ping Kee Hongkong
Series No: 20353
Faults: Marks on back
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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Hong Kong China Old Color Postcard Prisoners in Wooden Collar 600 CANGUE Paraded

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