Three women 'prisoners' posed in a cangue

Title : Three women 'prisoners' posed in a cangue

Topic : J.C. Oswald collection

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1880

Estimated dates : 1870-1880

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Female Prisoners in the Cangue

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os04-017. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os04) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/4). This photograph has been incorrectly dated at 1907 in many publications. This photograph has been set up (or posed) by the photographer using models, to illustrate the use of a three-person cangue. Photograph by William Saunders.

Keywords : Oswald;crime;punishment;justice;fashion;photography