Title
Untitled
Year/Period
1940s to 1950s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 5.2 x 6.3 cm
Accession No.
2015-01843
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows two women seated, one in sarong kebaya, and two women standing in a garden. 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.
