Title
White kebaya
Year/Period
1920s-1930s
Region
Penang
Material
Dimension
Unknown Type: 81.5 x 134 cm
Accession No.
2012-00868
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kip Lee
This kebaya from the 1930s has very intricate lacework and embroidery or sulam work. Floral motifs decorated the edges and sleeves of the piece. The kebaya is a loose open jacket worn by Peranakan women of the Straits Settlements, Indonesia and Indo European women of the late 19th to 20th century.
