Studio Photograph of Nona Asiah with Pendant Necklace

Collections
1613795
Title
Studio Photograph of Nona Asiah with Pendant Necklace
Year/Period
1950s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 9.0 x 6.8 cm
Accession No.
2025-00947
Credit Line
Gift of the family of the late Nona Asiah

This mid-20th-century portrait features Nona Asiah, a celebrated figure in the Malay entertainment industry of Singapore, renowned for her contributions to music and film during the 1940s–1960s. She is seen donning simple attire adorned with accessories — a pendant necklace and buttoned shoulder details — that exemplify the fashion of the era associated with Malay women of that era.