Nyonya in sarong kebaya with baby

Title

Year/Period

around 1930s

Region

Java, Surabaya

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

photographic gelatin, paper (fiber product), silver gelatin paper

Technique

gelatin silver process, mounting

Dimension

Image size: 11.8 x 8.4 cm,
Object size: 19.7 x 13.9 x 0.2 cm

Accession No.

2015-00687

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a nyonya seated in sarong kebaya holding a baby. On the verso is the studio mark of Foto Kootjhoen Lie. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.