Two men putting bones in basket
A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows two men squatting and picking up smaller pieces of bones from the graves and placing them in a basket. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
All rights reserved, Foo Chin Hwa 胡拯华 1962
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Ethnic Communities>>Customs and Traditions
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Singapore--Photographs
- Cemeteries--Singapore--Photographs
- Grave digging--Singapore--Photographs
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