Title
On back: "Photographien volgens de nieuwste procedees op allerlei gebied”
Year/Period
20th Century
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 17.0 x 12.3 cm,
Object size: 20.6 x 13.3 cm
Object size: 20.6 x 13.3 cm
Accession No.
2015-01076
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a photograph of five people with a woman on the right carrying a baby. 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.
