Title
Studio portrait of peranakan couple, woman in sarong kebaya, man in suit
Year/Period
1930s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 23.8 x 18.2 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 14.8 x 10.0 cm
Image size: 14.8 x 10.0 cm
Accession No.
2015-00672
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a studio portrait of a Peranakan couple, the woman in sarong kebaya and the man in a suit. 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.
