Meal time at Changi, 1943

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART25102
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38.2 x 56.2 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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Queue of men receiving rations at cookhouse. Rice was provided by the Japanese and was the staple ingredient of the diet of the prisoners at Changi. All food was equally divided so all men received the same amount.