Title
Tin implement for scooping rice flour into ‘kueh tutu’ mould
Year/Period
1960s
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 6 x 9 cm
Accession No.
2006-01436
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tan Chin Kim
‘Kueh tutu’ (steamed rice flour cake) is a local snack. It got its name from the sound made by horns used by hawkers to attract customers. Rice flour was steamed in handmade tin moulds to make the ‘kueh’ (cake). Tin implements were used to scoop rice flour into the tin moulds for steaming.
