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Title

Untitled

Year/Period

20th Century

Region

Straits Settlements or Indonesia

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

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

Technique

gelatin silver process, mounting

Dimension

Object size: 30.3 x 25.0 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 20.0 x 14.7 cm

Accession No.

2015-00753

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a Peranakan family of five under a tree. 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.