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Photograph of a Peranakan family

Title

Year/Period

20th century

Region

Penang

Material

photograph

Dimension

Frame size: 26.0 x 17.7 cm,
Image size: 14.0 x 9.0 cm

Accession No.

2017-00774

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

This photograph is of a family of three against an abstract-patterned backdrop. Ranging from formal studio portraits to albums of snapshots of everyday life and stately ancestral portraits, this large group of photographs reveals the many forms of photography available and gives insight into the various aspects of the lives of Peranakans.