Two Nyonyas in sarong kebaya in front of curtain backdrop

Title

Year/Period

1954

Region

Java, Malang

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

photographic gelatin, silver gelatin paper

Technique

gelatin silver process

Dimension

Object size: 8.7 x 5.9 cm

Accession No.

2015-00701

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows two nyonyas in sarong kebaya. The date "17 Juni 1954" is inscribed on the back of the photograph. A studio mark “(?)ato Jiek Len/ Malang” is stamped on the back of the photograph. This large group of photographs provide 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.