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Small Victorian Era Fraternal Coffin
This casket was once used in birth to death rituals like those in performed in secret societies and fraternal groups.
"Some candidates to secret societies were required to examine physical consequences of death i.e. skulls, skeletons and other death/funeral paraphernalia, most importantly coffins.
The candidate would be consigned to a Chamber of Reflection room occupied with a coffin and a corpse.
Candidates for the Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Knights of Pythias took their oaths before a coffin.
From the book Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America by Mark C. Carnes - 1991
Some coffins were provided for the candidate to get into and confess, then there were coffins with either real or faux human skeletons in them, and finally, smaller coffins used just for symbology purposes.
This coffin looks very old and solidly made. This coffin does not open and has been nailed shut with Victorian coffin nails and coffin embellishments.
I have absolutely NO idea what is inside the coffin but it feels like it is empty.
The coffin is the size of a small child's coffin, and has a wire on the back and is ready to hang on the wall.
Size is 37 inches long x 10 inches at the widest part, and 7 inches at the narrowest part and is 8 inches deep.
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