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Shown in this photograph is a close-up of incense paper packed for sale. Usually used as offerings by Chinese believers, these incense papers are shaped as gold or silver teals suggesting that they are to be used as money in the netherworld. Photo taken in the Tiong Bahru Market. Title devised by Library staff.
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