Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
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Accession Number | ART25073 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 53.5 x 31 cm (irregular) |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | brush and ink heightened with white, 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 This item is in the Public Domain |
The Scraper of Coconuts
Description
A general method of treating coconuts at Changi until the Japanese refused their admission into camp. Man shredding flesh from coconut shell. The inset image shows the scraping implement used to scrape the coconuts.