DEMONSTRATING THE LASTEST IN HUMANE TORTURE DEVICES in OLD CHINA

            
The man in the photo is not a criminal. He is one of the photographer's guides, and is simply posing with a slight smirk on his face --- his shins carefully lifted off the cross boards.

But when they put it to use for real....

Can't stand up. Can't sit down. If you relax the tension of your body, your shins dig into the sharpened back-angle of the cross board under your knees. And you stay like this for days... and days... and days.

My wife wishes she had one of these for me.

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From a group of original 1895-1935 glass lantern slides depicting scenes and people in pre-WW2 China. The coloring is not mine. They were tinted by hand using fine brushes at the time the slides were made. With only a few exceptions, the size of the slides is 3 1/4 inches x 4 inches, with the centered image being smaller depending on the size of the border matte. I have cropped away the matte for most of these flickr posts. Enjoy..

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Taken on: April 18, 2009

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Sets appears in: • OLD CHINA 中国80-120年前 • TORTURE & PUNISHMENT

Groups appears in: • Journey to the Old Orient

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