“嘉薄棉中華學校學生演劇留影十年九月" (Kebumen Chinese School students’ performance, 9th month of 1921)

Title
“嘉薄棉中華學校學生演劇留影十年九月" (Kebumen Chinese School students’ performance, 9th month of 1921)
Year/Period
1921
Region
Java, Indonesia
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 26.4 x 32.5 cm,
Image size: 15.3 x 20.5 cm
Accession No.
2022-00171
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a group of student performers from Kebumen Chinese School posing for a photograph. Some of the students are holding musical instruments and props.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.