Title
On back: "Taken in 19/8/18"
Year/Period
1918
Region
Penang
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 20.0 x 15.4 cm,
Object size: 30.5 x 25.2 cm
Object size: 30.5 x 25.2 cm
Accession No.
2015-00795
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a nyonya in baju panjang. The back of the photograph is inscribed with "Taken in 19/8/18".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.
