Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
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Accession Number | ART25096 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 49.9 x 36.9 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | brush and brown ink and wash 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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Changi footwear industry: making soles
Description
Series of drawings showing steps in manufacture of footwear for prisoners of war from powdering and mixing ingredients to pouring into moulds. 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.