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Title

Untitled

Year/Period

20th Century

Region

Java, Surakarta

Material

Paper

Dimension

Object size: 24.6 x 18.0 cm,
Image size: 16.0 x 10.8 cm

Accession No.

2015-01469

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a Peranakan woman in sarong kebaya and necklace with a man in suit and tie. 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.