On back: "Gjia Gwit 2470"

This photograph shows five Peranakans and a dog. The seated woman on the left is in sarong kebaya. The back of the photograph is inscribed with "Gjia Gwit 2470". 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.

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