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  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [5]

    Economy · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a man showing a green and orange Chinese opera costume inside Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Some of these items and other paraphernalia can...

  • Roadside barber at Chin Chew Street

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a man with white hair getting a hair cut from a roadside barber. The barber has a simple set up of a mirror hang on the metal gate outside a shop, a small console table and a barber seat. Title devised by Library staff. Description by Library...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [4]

    Economy · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a man showing a green and orange Chinese opera costume inside Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Some of these items and other paraphernalia can...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [6]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows several erhu (二胡), a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, hanging in a display cabinet in Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Title devised by Library...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [1]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Arts · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows the traditional shop signboard of Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) hanging on top of a display cabinet at the shop. Title devised by Library staff. Description by Library staff.

  • Barbershop at Chin Chew Street

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows an elderly man getting a hair cut from a barber at a barber shop at Chin Chew Street. Title devised by Library staff. Description by Library staff.

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [2]

    Economy · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [8]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows the interior of Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Chinese instruments such as the erhu (二胡), a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, the guzheng (古筝),...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [9]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows the interior of Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Chinese instruments such as the erhu (二胡), a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, the guzheng (古筝),...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [3]

    Economy · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a man showing a green and orange Chinese opera costume inside Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. Some of these items and other paraphernalia can...

  • Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發) traditional Chinese crafts shop at Merchant Road [7]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows different types of Chinese string instruments on display hanging off a rack at Eng Tiang Huat (翁展發), a shop which sells traditional Chinese cultural products such as Chinese musical instruments, martial arts and lion dance equipment, Chinese opera props and costumes. A few Chinese drums can be...

  • Close-up of henna tattoo artist at work, 2002

    Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Arts · Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a henna tattoo artist drawing an intricate tattoo on a customer’s hand. Henna tattoo is a temporary form of skin decoration. Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Henna tattoo stall at a festival, 2002

    Heritage and Culture · Arts · Personalities · Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows a small henna tattoo stall "Selvi's Henna Art" offering henna tattoo and related products such as henna cones, paste and power. Henna tattoo is a temporary form of skin decoration. the table Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Henna tattoo artist at work, 2002 [2]

    Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Arts · Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a completed henna tattoo drawn on the hand of a tourist. Henna tattoo is a temporary form of skin decoration. Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Henna tattoo photographs on display, 2002

    Heritage and Culture · Arts · Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows some henna body art photographs on a display stand. A partial view of other display stands can be seen in the background. Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Henna tattoo artist at work, 2002 [1]

    Personalities · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows a group of tourists watching a henna tattoo artist drawing a tattoo on the hand of one of their group members. Henna tattoo is a temporary form of skin decoration. Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Caucasian woman at provision shop in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Economy · Streets and Places · Heritage and Culture · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a Caucasian lady sitting on the steps of a traditional provision shop in Kampong Lorong Buangkok while sipping Coca Cola from a tin. Items found in the shop include large biscuit jars, canned drinks, bread, snacks and sweets. They are arranged on tiered and flat racks, or...

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