On back: “Gambar waktoe mengoeboer die gember die moeka roemah / B. Masin 10-3-46”

Title
On back: “Gambar waktoe mengoeboer die gember die moeka roemah / B. Masin 10-3-46”
Year/Period
10 March 1946
Region
Banjamansin, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 14.8 x 19.5 cm
Accession No.
2015-01581
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a group of mourners standing by a hearse. 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.