Title
On back: "Ny.Tan Thwan Tjong – Sie Laum-Tj(?)io Mio + Cu Ring Tohoen(?)”
Year/Period
1910s to 1920s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 14.2 x 10.1 cm,
Object size: 16.4 x 10.5 cm
Object size: 16.4 x 10.5 cm
Accession No.
2015-00893
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a Peranakan woman in sarong kebaya standing next to a child. 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.
