| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART25065 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25.6 x 36.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pen and blue ink and brush and brown ink over pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Preparing rice for pastry, Changi
Description
In the top picture Australian POW's are seen mincing cooked rice for pastry. In the second picture men are shown grinding rice with a home made grinder manufactured form odds and ends of scraps. Rice was supplied to the prisoners by the Japanese and was a staple of their diet for the length of their captivity. They learnt from Dutch prisoners different ways of preparing the rice to create variety.