"One Leg Kicks All" Sculpture, Muntri Street, George Town
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One Leg Kicks All is a steel-rod sculpture installed on the wall facing Muntri Street in George Town, Penang. Based on a caricature by Tang Mun Kian, it celebrates the amah (阿嬷).
Once an ubiquitous presence in many well-to-do homes, the amah are Cantonese housemaids. Born in Guangdong Province, they moved to Malaya to serve as domestic help. These amahs are almost always garbed in their standard attire of white blouse and black long pants. As their job responsibility covers the whole works, from cleaning to cooking to caring for children, they wrily called themselves "Yat Keok Tet", which in Cantonese means "one leg kicks all".
One Leg Kicks All Sculpture, Muntri Street, George Town, Penang (30 June 2012)
Once an ubiquitous presence in many well-to-do homes, the amah are Cantonese housemaids. Born in Guangdong Province, they moved to Malaya to serve as domestic help. These amahs are almost always garbed in their standard attire of white blouse and black long pants. As their job responsibility covers the whole works, from cleaning to cooking to caring for children, they wrily called themselves "Yat Keok Tet", which in Cantonese means "one leg kicks all".
One Leg Kicks All Sculpture, Muntri Street, George Town, Penang (30 June 2012)List of Steel-Rod Sculptures by Tang Mun Kian, Marking George Town Sculptures and Penang Street Art
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