Hung Society seal, from William Stirling Collection

Title
Hung Society seal, from William Stirling Collection
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: L 7.8x W 2.3
Accession No.
1996-02819

The ‘Weiyouwogau’ seal is one of the seals represented in the William Stirling Collection. William George Stirling was the Assistant Protector of Chinese in Singapore from 1921 to 1931. These seals were used to validate membership certificates which secret society members carried around as a form of identification.