Black acrylic evening bag with diamante-edged clasp

Title
Black acrylic evening bag with diamante-edged clasp
Year/Period
1960s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 25.0 x 20.2 x 8.5
Accession No.
2018-01365
Credit Line
Gift of the Alfred and Ying Kok Family.

This evening bag belonged to Mdm Tong Swee Ying, who was the wife of a banker, Mr Kwok Chan Kwan. Mrs Kwok often attended business and social parties with her husband in the 1950s and 60s. Mr Kwok worked in Batavia before the war and while he was interned as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Japanese occupation, Mrs Kwok evacuated with their children to Singapore. The family was reunited later and resettled down in Singapore after 1952.