Title
Box of beads (strings and loose beads wrapped in paper)
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Dimensions Varies. Please refer to individual parts
Accession No.
2019-00609
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Lim Family in memory of Edna Chong Kim Neo
This box contains a variety of beads, some still in strings while others are wrapped in old newspapers with the respective colours scribbled on it. These belonged to Chong Kim Neo (1916-1972), who made beaded slippers and garments from her home as she did not own a shop. The box and its contents offers an insight into how she would have worked. Seed beads are hallmarks of Peranakan needlework and were traditionally referred to as manek potong (cut beads).
