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
Collection of
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.