[Beowulf9]

It’s not a ghost because of missing pigment as in a ghost image, it’s a depiction of a man leading a ghost back to the underworld. It’s part of a guide to exorcising ghosts.

[Dr. Franklin]

It’s not a ghost because of missing pigment as in a ghost image, it’s a depiction of a man leading a ghost back to the underworld. It’s part of a guide to exorcising ghosts.

Or is it a forerunner of a Klansman?

[fidelis]

it’s a depiction of a man leading a ghost back to the underworld.

It looks like it's hands are tied and being led by rope. I'd like to see the rope you can tie up a ghost with.