Title
An Indian couple
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Singapore/Malaysia
Dimension
Image size: L13.7cm X W8.8cm
Accession No.
1991-00439
Collection of
By the turn of the century, the number of Indians in Singapore and Malaysia had grown quite considerable. The majority of Indian men were labourers doing back-breaking work such as building roads and erecting bridges. Others worked on rubber plantations while some Indian women worked on sugar estates.
