On back: “妈（？）相/ 一九二二年三月初二日影相 （？） Honosolo / （时年二十）”

This is a photograph of a Peranakan man and woman with a baby in the man’s arms. Chinese characters “妈（？）相/ 一九二二年三月初二日影相 （？） Honosolo / （时年二十）” 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.

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