On recto: "Anak Teo Bing Tjaozen"/on verso: “Roby maik spheda di munkazermah”

Title
On recto: "Anak Teo Bing Tjaozen"/on verso: “Roby maik spheda di munkazermah”
Year/Period
20th Century
Region
Banjamansin, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 8.9 x 6.2 cm
Accession No.
2015-01615
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a boy on a bicycle with palm trees in the background. This large group of photographs provide 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.