Title
Studio portrait of peranakan couple, woman in sarong kebaya man in suit with bowtie
Year/Period
1930s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 30.6 x 24.0 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 19.0 x 14.0 cm
Image size: 19.0 x 14.0 cm
Accession No.
2015-00691
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio portrait shows a Peranakan couple seated, the woman in sarong kebaya and the man in a suit with a bowtie. This large group of photographs provide important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.
