Funeral procession of the Swabwa of Yaungwe. [On back:] "Burma 5th March 1927. The men behind first group of umbrella [sic] & just behind coffin (under palm tree) are carrying paper & bamboo models of objects formerly used at cremation, piston-bellows, (still used by black-smiths), faggots &c. The second group of three umbrellas are over the exhumed coffin of the favorite [sic] wife who died a year or more previously."
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