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Title

Untitled

Year/Period

1920s - 1930s

Region

Surabaya, Java

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

silver gelatin paper, photographic gelatin, wood (plant material), glass (material)

Technique

gelatin silver process, framing (processes)

Dimension

Frame size: 62.0 x 51.7 x 2.2 cm,
Image size: 49.5 x 39.0 cm,
Object size: (backing board) 54.0 x 44.0 cm

Accession No.

2022-00138

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This is a framed studio photograph of Tan Swan Nio and Siem Tjiong Nio, proprietors of 'Jamu Ibu', a jamu business. Both women are dressed in sarong kebaya.Peranakans commissioned photographs to document their families and important life events such as marriages and deaths. They also commissioned photographs to record their involvement in business enterprises, and in social causes such as schools and academic societies, religious groups, and in community and cultural associations.