Title
Untitled
Year/Period
around 1920s
Region
Penang
Material
Dimension
Object size: 19.1 x 12.7 cm,
Image size: 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Image size: 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Accession No.
2015-00941
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a woman in cheongsam with jewelry and hair decoration. The studio mark of Nikko Studio Penang is inscribed on the back of the photograph. 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.
