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CollectionStraits Chinese Collection
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2015-0001-005-0
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Plaque with Chinese words
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]A plaque directly above the altar to the household deity. The term 靈昭 (ling zhao) refers to “having clarity of thought”. It also appears in the titles bestowed upon Ma Zu, a deity widely worshipped in the Chinese community by various emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
(NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 49)
[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Plaque