KNOWN as ‘mangkok tingkat’ in Malay, or ‘pua chan’ in Chinese, or ‘thukku chatti’ in Tamil, tiffin carriers have been an important part of our Malaysian culture.
The public can now admire a wide range of beautiful tiffin carriers and learn more about their history at a three-month exhibition at the Penang State Museum branch at 57, Jalan Macalister.
The event is titled ‘The Revolution of Tiffin Carriers’ and the tiffin carriers on display are the private collection of lecturer J. Prakash, 35, and his staff nurse wife M. Punita, 33.
The couple had their names etched in the Malaysia Book of Records for having the largest collection of tiffin carriers, 185 in total.
The oldest tiffin carrier in Prakash’s collection is from 1870.
Others include those with the ‘Occupied Japan’ mark which were manufactured in Japan during World War II.
The exhibition is open from 9am to 5pm daily until July 31.
Admission is free. For details, call 04-2261461 /1462.
