Record #:

27711

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study of coffin-making in Charleston to learn more about Low Country burial customs. The study showed varied roles of Charleston woodworkers in the undertaking process, but scanty documentation and lack of actual coffins for examination leave much of their involvement to conjecture.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1990, p18-63, il, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Funeral rites and ceremonies; Undertakers and undertaking