Title
Untitled
Year/Period
19 February 1931
Region
Penang
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 16.3 x 12.0 x 0.2 cm
Accession No.
2022-00293
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a glass plate negative of a studio photograph of a Chinese Peranakan nyonya dressed in baju panjang with kerosang.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.
