Title
Necklace belonging to Han Suyin
Year/Period
1950 - 1980
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 15 x 15.5 x 2 cm
Accession No.
2015-02016
Collection of
This necklace belonged to Han Suyin and her daughter recalled that Han would occasionally wear this necklace to match her attire.Han was a well-known Chinese writer was married to Leon F. Comber, a British officer in the Malayan Special Branch, and had her own clinic in Johore and Singapore. In 1955, Han Suyin contributed efforts to the establishment of Nanyang University in Singapore. Specifically, she offered her services and served as physician to the institution, after having refused an offer to teach literature as proposed by the first president of the university, Lin Yutang.
