Title
A Sago Factory
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 20.5 x 26.8 cm
Accession No.
1994-04933
Collection of
Making sago flour from sago, an ingredient used in making delicacies, was a profitable business in 19th-century Singapore. So profitable was the business that in the 1850s, nearly 30 sago factories were operating in Singapore producing 8,000 tons of sago flour a year. Sago was also exported to India and Europe from Singapore then.
