On back: "Kwee Liong Pien/M"

Title
On back: "Kwee Liong Pien/M"
Year/Period
20th Century
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 18.2 x 13.0 cm,
Object size: 30.0 x 24.0 cm
Accession No.
2015-00881
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a Peranakan bride with feather headdress and a groom in western wedding attire. The photograph is accompanied with a paper which reads ‘Kwee Liong Pien Malang’ and the back of the photograph is inscribed with “Kwee Liong Pien/M”. 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.