Hong Kong China Old Postcard Chinese Male & Female PRISONERS in CANGUE Execution

Vintage Colour Old picture post card, Hong Kong Hongkong China. Male and Female Chinese Prisoners in The Cangue, Ethnic Life. 2 Prisoners Wearing Wooden Collar. They are thus paraded before the people.

Publisher: M. Sternberg Hongkong
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 Postcard Chinese Male & Female PRISONERS in CANGUE Execution

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