A photograph shows three women being punished after they were found guilty of witchcraft in China in 1922.
A photograph shows three women being punished after they were found guilty of witchcraft in China in 1922.
On 24 May 2017, the Historical Pics Twitter account posted a photograph purportedly showing three woman who were found guilty of witchcraft in China in 1922: < The photograph was not only misdated, it is also often interpreted as real life â€” what it probably would have been in 1907. But this is not, and probably never was, daily life in the Shanghai Concessions. It is a studio creation, as is confirmed by the setup in front of a Western window, not in the street; the lack of the pasted slip of paper stating the reason for the punishment (a legal obligation); and the pristine condition of the three women who cannot have been standing there more than the few minutes necessary for the exposure. > A cangueÂ limits a personâ€™s movement by placing their head through the hole of a large board. ItÂ was used as a form of punishment, torture, or public humiliation.Â Saunders captured at least one other photograph demonstrating the use of a cangue in China. The following photograph, dated betweenÂ 1865-1870, also used models and not peopleÂ convicted of witchcraft:
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