IDNO

N.54313.ELT


Description

Ninth Moon pilgrimage to Tua Pek Kong or Da Bo Gong Temple (龟屿大伯公宫) at Pulau Kusu (Kusu Island), Singapore during autumn 1950. [Elliott's listing]
Four women sit, smiling, together. In the centre a European woman, possibly Muriel Ann Elliott, in a check patterned dress and pearls, sits arm in arm with an older Chinese woman on her left and a younger Chinese woman on her right. [EB 13/03/2018]


Place

SE Asia; Singapore; Pulau Kusu [Kusu Island]


Cultural Affliation

Chinese


Named Person

Muriel Ann Elliott


Photographer

None


Collector / Expedition

Elliott, Alan J.A.


Date

October 1950


Collection Name

Elliott Collection


Source


Format

Film Negative Black & White


Primary Documentation


Other Information

N.54307.ELT to N.54413.ELT were found inside the album now numbered A.158.ELT.

Community Project: A digital copy of this image was shared with the Caretakers of the Keramat Shrine on Kusu Island for community uses in September 2023. The digital sharing of 32 images relating to Keramat Shrine was facilitated by Rui En Pok during fieldwork of Kusu Island as part of her undergraduate anthropology studies at University of Cambridge. [JD 07/09/2023]


FM:188963

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