Title
Untitled
Year/Period
ca 1920s or 1930s
Region
Indonesia, Java
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: (Mount) 22.8 x 15.1 x 0.1 cm,
Image size: 14.4 x 10.2 cm
Image size: 14.4 x 10.2 cm
Accession No.
2020-00130
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This wedding photograph shows a Peranakan bride and groom in their traditional first-day wedding robes.Peranakans commissioned photographs to document their families and important life events such as births, marriages, and deaths. They also commissioned photographs to record their involvement in business enterprises, and in social causes such as schools, academic societies, religious groups, and in community and cultural associations.
