Title
Pair of slipper faces
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Pls refer to individual parts for measurement
Accession No.
2024-00038
Collection of
Alice Choo (1926-2019) depicted two children seated under a tree. The tops they wear bear the letter ‘A’, possibly alluding to the names of the children which the figures were meant to represent. Beads and other needlework supplies could be purchased from the itinerant haberdasher, the "jarong man", who travelled from house to house hawking his wares, or from specialised shops. Slipper faces were often sewn at home before they were sent to the shoemakers to be made up into slippers. Known as "kasot manek" in Baba Malay, beaded slippers grew in popularity in the 1920s, replacing earlier embroidered slippers.
