IDNO

T.54778.ELT

Description

Men in a ?Malay temple in Singapore. In front of gold and yellow tasselled cloth is a pile of crumpled papers. A young man wearing trousers, short-sleeved shirt, vest and a cloth hat bends down holding a similar crumpled paper. Beside him is a second man in trousers, shirt and white hat, with one hand on his hip and looking upwards. [EB 11/01/2023]

Place

SE Asia; Singapore; ?Pulau Kusu [?Kusu Island]

Cultural Affliation

Malay

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Elliott, Alan J.A.

Date

1950 - 1951

Collection Name

Elliott Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.54753.ELT to N.54790.ELT were found inside the envelope now numbered C469/1/ which came from the box C469/.

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]