Title
Untitled
Year/Period
ca 1910s
Region
Penang
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: (Mount) 20.5 x 16.0 x 0.1 cm,
Image size: 20.0 x 15.0 cm
Image size: 20.0 x 15.0 cm
Accession No.
2020-00098
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio photograph shows a young girl with two nyonyas who are wearing baju panjang and kerosang serong (also known as kerosang thoe) brooches.Photography studios had been established across the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1860s, with the earliest studios being European owned. Chinese- and Japanese-operated studios began appearing in increasing numbers in the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, these studios almost completely dominated the industry across Southeast Asia.
