Image size: 10.2 x 14.6 cm
This photograph shows a group of women. Their names are inscribed on the back of the photograph which reads: “1920/ Left to right/ back/ Kang Siok-lu, Lum Yuansek, Lui Kim-moi, Violet Felsinger. Puth E. (?), Ngui Ki-kiau, Ling Hua-ing, Png Un-jiw, / Front/ Tan Mui-neo, Taimoi, Chua Kigek, Ling Sui-ing”. 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.
