Nail making, Changi: forming the heads

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART25057
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 18.5 x 27.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink and wash over pencil on paper
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Men using small vices flattening and embossing heads on nails. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to produce most items, such as shoes, artificial limbs, cooking equipment, needed by the men.