Tiger Balm advertisement panel

Title
Tiger Balm advertisement panel
Year/Period
Undated (probably 1920s-1930s)
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 35.5 x 16.8 cm
Accession No.
1998-00313

Tiger Balm ointment has analgesic properties used for relieving muscular aches and pains. The history of Tiger Balm began in the late 1800s when Aw Chu Kin set up a humble medicine shop in Burma. It was later developed in Singapore by his son Aw Boon Par and has today become a household name.