Title
Membership certificate of the Ho Seng Society
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: Length:12.8cm Width:12.7cm
Accession No.
1996-02881-024
Collection of
The membership certificate of the Ho Seng Society forms part of the secret society paraphernalia found in the William Stirling Collection. William George Stirling was the Assistant Protector of Chinese in Singapore from 1921 to 1931. The Hung poem on the certificate had been cryptically permutated to begin at the top right-hand corner before appearing at the bottom left-hand corner, thereby rendering the text indecipherable to non-secret society members.
