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<p>"Strangulation. The "slow strangulation" of a Chinese woman. She took fifteen minutes to die from the time strangulation commenced"--label attached to a copy of the final photograph in the series of six</p>

China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 9.5 x 6 cm

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the blindfold fastened over the garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being strangled with a garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the blindfold fastened over the garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being strangled with a garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

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