Title
Red shoulder cloth
Year/Period
1960s
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 50 x 178 cm
Accession No.
2009-02159
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Puan Noor Aishah
This red floral ‘selendang’ (shoulder cloth) belonged to former First Lady, Puan Noor Aishah, the wife of Singapore’s first President, Mr. Yusof Ishak. Puan Noor Aishah would buy fabrics from Arab Street or High Street and make her own ‘selendang’ and clothes. She is often depicted in photographs wearing the ‘sarong kebaya’ (an open tunic fastened with brooches worn with a sarong) with a ‘selendang’ draped over her shoulders.
