Title
Untitled
Year/Period
1910s - 1920s
Region
Possibly Indonesia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 16.6 x 11.1 cm,
Image size: 13.7 x 9.6 cm
Image size: 13.7 x 9.6 cm
Accession No.
2022-00176
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a studio photograph of two women and three children. The woman in the centre is wearing sarong kebaya, while the woman on the left looks to be a servant carrying a young child wrapped in a sarong baby carrier.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.
