This heritage project was developed in collaboration with Kingston’s South Asian communities who share their ‘untold’ migration stories through personal objects.
From everyday cooking utensils to handmade textiles and heirlooms, these objects have accompanied their owners across continents; surviving wars and migration and continue to be passed down the generations, keeping family history alive.
Iddiyappa murku ural - belonging to Shantini Sangarabalan
Kirpan – belonging to Gurmeet Singh Narula
Railway mother portrait - belonging to Maryam Karim
Phulkari - belonging to Mrs Arunpreet Kaur Narula
Lota - belonging to Veena Chhapia
Zari, border - belonging to Rekha Patel
Ooral and oolakkai belonging to Thambi Jeevaratnam
Pookandu uri - belonging to Sinnappu Alalasundaram
Ghee na dabbo - belonging to Noorjehan Ravalia
Nazi Chuma - belonging to Suraiya Khan
Koorai -belonging to Kamala Devi Saravanapavan
Lac, clay bangles - belonging to Shamsun Khan
Idiyappa thattu -belonging to Sarojini Kurunathan
Mooku karandi -belonging to Parames Kathirgamarajah