Kebaya

Title
Kebaya
Year/Period
mid 20th century
Region
Malacca
Object Type
kebayas, blouses (main garments)
Material
cotton (textile)
Technique
sewing (needleworking technique), embroidering
Dimension
Object size: 72.0 x 124.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-00853
Collection of
Peranakan Museum

This blue kebaya is decorated with large embroidered pink peonies. The kebaya is a loose open jacket favoured by Peranakan women from the late 19th to mid 20th century, and was worn together with a batik sarong (tubular skirtcloth).

 

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