Grave Protections and Vaults
Building off our last entry, here is a slideshow collection of mortsafes protecting the gravesites of the dead. Here I want to focus on not only the utility of such safes, but also the public display they seem to represent. Families that could afford to publicly mourn their loved ones also have the funds to ensure that their rest is undisturbed--yet this is less, I argue, for the interred and more for the performance surrounding the grave. All images are housed on Wiki Commons. To access the slideshow, click the green projector screen in the upper righthand corner of the embedded page.