Title
On back: “Siek khing oemoer 8 taon/Siek Tian [oemoer] 6 [taon]/Nonik [oemoer] satoe boelan setenga/18 4 1912” – Siek Khing, aged 8 years, Siek Tien, aged 6 years, Nonik aged one and a half months
Year/Period
1912
Region
Surabaya, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 18.3 x 13.4 cm,
Image size: 13.8 x 9.8 cm
Image size: 13.8 x 9.8 cm
Accession No.
2015-01057
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows two children and a baby. 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.
