Title
Rubber tapping knife
Year/Period
c. 1940s-1970s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: H:3 x W:23.5 x D:3 cm
Accession No.
2007-55070
Collection of
NLB Type
Cultural artefact
This hooked-shaped knife was used by rubber tappers to carve shallow incisions into the bark of rubber trees in order to harvest the latex needed to make rubber.
