Title
Untitled
Year/Period
1940s to 1950s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 7.9 x 5.3 cm
Accession No.
2015-01780
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph is a studio portrait of a nyonya in sarong kebaya holding a baby with two young children. 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.
