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Wooden ancestor tablet, with the central panel loose and a missing base. The central panel has an inscription carved down it and the frame has some carved decoration. The column on the tablet reads 梁門堂上歷代宗親之神位, which refers to ‘the shrine of all the ancient ancestors of the Liang (梁) family’. There may have been too many ancestors in the family to fit on the tablet, so in order to include everyone, they used a collective term to show equal respect to all their ancestors.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
