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   ocr: - 36 Chinese a D WeddingChair l THE SCENE EVOKED IN THIS DIORAMA COULD HAVE OCCURRED IN THE early decades of this century. The young bride is depicted in her groom's family bridal chair, in which she would have been carried in procession from the home of her parents to the family home of her groom by four sturdy men. This passage takes her from childhood to adulthood, from one family and way of life to another. Her impressive dowry, dis- played during the procession, gives prestige to her family just as the beauty of the bridal chair gives prestige to the groom's. Both dowry 4 - 22X33393333X0X ...