Title
Tiger Balm van
Year/Period
1937
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: ,
Image Size: H:19.7 x W:15.0 cm,
Gross measurement: Mounting: H:22.5 x W:17.5 cm
Image Size: H:19.7 x W:15.0 cm,
Gross measurement: Mounting: H:22.5 x W:17.5 cm
Accession No.
2011-00915
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 it has today become a household name.
