Dondang Sayang Club

Title
Dondang Sayang Club
Year/Period
1955
Region
Penang
Material
Dimension
Object size: 22.4 x 28.3 cm
Accession No.
2015-01023
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a group of men with ties and nyoyas in kebaya from the Dendang Sayang Club. TThis 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.