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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Object numberS1999-0020-006-0 TitleMissing Out from School CreatorKoeh Sia Yong (1938) DescriptionA boy looks with sadness at two of his peers going to school. He has to miss out from school because he has to tend to the family's vegetable garden and other chores around the house. It is most likely that he has ailing parents who depended on him to keep the family going. Such cases were common among the poor of Singapore society in the not too distant past. Production placeSingapore Production date 1957 - 1957 Object categoryWoodblock Print MaterialInk on paper TechniquePrintmaking Dimensions H: 20 cm L: 15.5 cm

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CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Object numberS1999-0020-006-0

TitleMissing Out from School

CreatorKoeh Sia Yong (1938)

DescriptionA boy looks with sadness at two of his peers going to school. He has to miss out from school because he has to tend to the family's vegetable garden and other chores around the house. It is most likely that he has ailing parents who depended on him to keep the family going. Such cases were common among the poor of Singapore society in the not too distant past.

Production placeSingapore

Production date 1957 - 1957

Object categoryWoodblock Print

MaterialInk on paper

TechniquePrintmaking

Dimensions

H: 20 cm
L: 15.5 cm