Title
Untitled
Year/Period
ca 1910s or 1920s
Region
Indonesia, Java
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 15.0 x 10.0 cm,
Object size: (Mount) 15.1 x 10.2 x 0.1,
Image size: 13.8 x 9.5 cm
Object size: (Mount) 15.1 x 10.2 x 0.1,
Image size: 13.8 x 9.5 cm
Accession No.
2020-00125
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio photograph shows a baba (Peranakan man) in a high collared white suit and a hat posing in between two nyonyas (Peranakan women) wearing sarong kebaya. A young girl wearing sarong kebaya stands in front.Photography studios had been established across the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1860s, with the earliest studios being European owned. Chinese- and Japanese-operated studios began appearing in increasing numbers in the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, these studios almost completely dominated the industry across Southeast Asia.
