When we had my grandmothers inurnment, they put indoor/outdoor carpet on the ground and wheeled a 12x12 awning over the site (no open hole because of the ashes, and it was a hot September day).
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:07 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> The shape of the cutout mimics that of old coffins. There's not much to >>> scale it by, but it appears to be sized for an infant's or a small child's >>> coffin. Beyond that, I have not a clue. >> >> I suspect that it may be used for graveside services, to hold the coffin in >> the grave, but next to the surface where it's visible. After everyone goes >> home, the staff laborers lift the whole assembly out of the ground, lower >> the coffin into place, and fill the hole with dirt. The metal flanges are >> probably covered with astroturf during the ceremony. > > Sorry, I sent my previous response too early. It seems my mail program had > split this into two separate threads. > > One of my thoughts was that it might have been some kind of aid in > constructing coffins but there's no reason for that to be at the grave yard. > > I suspect you may be on to something. If I ever get around to it I might > make some enquiries with a museum or something. > > BTW I don't think they would have had astroturf when this thing was in > regular use, perhaps cloth would have been more accurate. Actually I think > that's what they usually use today. > > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
