Title
Peranakan bride in western gown in front of Chinese diety at temple
Year/Period
20th Century
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 14.6 x 21.4 cm
Accession No.
2015-00867
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a bride in a western gown in front of an altar. The back of the photograph reads “The Bride”. 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.
