Studio Photograph of Nona Asiah with a tudung selendang

Collections
1613796
Title
Studio Photograph of Nona Asiah with a tudung selendang
Year/Period
1950s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
silver gelatin paper, photographic gelatin
Technique
gelatin silver process
Dimension
Image size: 8.9 x 6.5 cm
Accession No.
2025-00948
Collection of
Malay Heritage Centre
Credit Line
Gift of the family of the late Nona Asiah

Nona Asiah is a celebrated figure in the Malay entertainment industry of Singapore, renowned for her contributions to music and film during the 1940s–1960s. This mid-20th-century portrait features her wearing a kebaya simple with a tudung over her head that exemplify the fashion of the era associated with Malay women.