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Portrait of a nyonya

Title

Year/Period

20th century

Region

Penang

Material

photograph

Dimension

Image size: 29.2 x 20.0 cm,
Frame size: 44.0 x 34.0 cm

Accession No.

2017-00781

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

This portrait photograph shows a nyonya, adorned with bejewelled hairpins and earrings. Part of a kerosang bintang is visible. 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.