National Treasures of Singapore

The national treasures of Singapore are artifacts deemed to have significant historical importance to the country of Singapore.

List[edit]

Below is a list of artifacts considered to be National Treasures by the National Museum of Singapore.^[1]

S/N	Name	Description	Year	Ref
1	Singapore Stone	The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River, believed to date back to at least the 13th century and possibly as earlier.	Unknown	^[1]^[2]
2	Portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham	Portrait of the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States, by John Singer Sargent	1904	^[1]^[2]
3	Last will and testament of Munshi Abdullah	Munshi Abdullah is widely considered as the father of modern Malay literature and was scribe and copyist for Sir Stamford Raffles.	1854	^[1]
4	Mace of the City of Singapore	Chinese philanthropist Loke Wan Tho in conjunction with King George VI granting Singapore a Royal Charter in 1951	1951	^[1]
5	Daguerreotype view from Fort Canning Hill	By French customs service officer Alphonse-Eugene Jules	1844	^[1]
6	Gold armlets and rings from Fort Canning	East Javanese style, found at Fort Canning Hill	1928	^[1]
7	Portrait of Sir Stamford Raffles	Portrait of the founder of Singapore by noted painter Xu Beihong	1939	^[1]
8	Natural history drawings of flora and fauna	Collection of 477 drawings commissioned by William Farquhar	19th century	^[1]
9	A wooden hearse	Used for the funeral of Chinese philanthropist Tan Jiak Kim	1917	^[1]
10	Embroidered Chinese coffin cover	One of the largest of its kind in existence in Singapore	unknown	^[1]
11	A glove puppet stage	Belonging to the Fujian puppet troupe, Xin Sai Le	1930s	^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Lim, Wei Chean (31 January 2006). "Singapore's Treasures". The Straits Times. Items listed as national treasures of Singapore are: (1) a fragment of a 13th century sandstone slab bearing an undeciphered inscription known as the Singapore Stone; (2) a 1904 portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States, by John Singer Sargent; (3) the last will and testament of Munshi Abdullah, the father of modern Malay literature; (4) the mace of the City of Singapore (1953) that was presented by Chinese philanthropist Loke Wan Tho in conjunction with King George VI granting Singapore a Royal Charter in 1951, raising its status to a city; (5) an 1844 daguerreotype of the view from Fort Canning Hill by French customs service officer Alphonse-Eugene Jules, one of the earliest photographic images of Singapore; (6) 14th-century gold armlets and rings in East Javanese style, found at Fort Canning Hill in 1928; (7) a 1939 portrait of Sir Shenton Thomas, the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, by painter Xu Beihong; (8) a collection of 477 natural history drawings of flora and fauna in Melaka commissioned by Resident of Singapore William Farquhar in the 19th century; (9) a wooden hearse used for the funeral of Chinese philanthropist Tan Jiak Kim in 1917; (10) an early 20th-century embroidered Chinese coffin cover, one of the largest of its kind in existence in Singapore; and (11) a glove puppet stage belonging to the Fujian puppet troupe, Xin Sai Le, which came to Singapore in the 1930s.
^ ^a ^b "Our Top Twelve Artefacts". National Heritage Board. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Lim, Wei Chean (31 January 2006). "Singapore's Treasures". The Straits Times. Items listed as national treasures of Singapore are: (1) a fragment of a 13th century sandstone slab bearing an undeciphered inscription known as the Singapore Stone; (2) a 1904 portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States, by John Singer Sargent; (3) the last will and testament of Munshi Abdullah, the father of modern Malay literature; (4) the mace of the City of Singapore (1953) that was presented by Chinese philanthropist Loke Wan Tho in conjunction with King George VI granting Singapore a Royal Charter in 1951, raising its status to a city; (5) an 1844 daguerreotype of the view from Fort Canning Hill by French customs service officer Alphonse-Eugene Jules, one of the earliest photographic images of Singapore; (6) 14th-century gold armlets and rings in East Javanese style, found at Fort Canning Hill in 1928; (7) a 1939 portrait of Sir Shenton Thomas, the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, by painter Xu Beihong; (8) a collection of 477 natural history drawings of flora and fauna in Melaka commissioned by Resident of Singapore William Farquhar in the 19th century; (9) a wooden hearse used for the funeral of Chinese philanthropist Tan Jiak Kim in 1917; (10) an early 20th-century embroidered Chinese coffin cover, one of the largest of its kind in existence in Singapore; and (11) a glove puppet stage belonging to the Fujian puppet troupe, Xin Sai Le, which came to Singapore in the 1930s.

[:1-2] "Our Top Twelve Artefacts". National Heritage Board. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

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