On back: "Wah Fong/ Taiping"

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.

2015-00771

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This oval picture is of a nyonya in baju panjang with kerosang. The back of the photograph is inscribed with "Wah Fong/ Taiping". 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.