coffin

coffin is a funerary container or furniture.

Also recorded as casket.

Overview

Materials recorded for it include wood, zinc and Metal. Its recorded use is funeral. Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

container for transport, laying out and the burial of a corpse

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Coffin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q184418: coffin
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