On back: "B0579/Wah Fong/Tai Ping"

Title

Year/Period

20th Century

Region

Malay Peninsula, Taiping

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

photographic gelatin, paper (fiber product), silver gelatin paper

Technique

gelatin silver process, mounting

Dimension

Object size: 30.2 x 25.1 cm,
Image size: 20.2 x 15.2 cm

Accession No.

2015-00770

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This is a studio portrait of a Peranakan couple sitting across a small table, the nyonya in baju panjang and the man in suit. The words "Wah Fong/ Taiping" are inscribed on the back of the photograph. This large group of photographs provides 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.