Low-Angle Photograph of Nona Asiah with transparent tudung selendang

Collections
1614830
Title
Low-Angle Photograph of Nona Asiah with transparent tudung selendang
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
photographic gelatin, silver gelatin paper
Technique
gelatin silver process
Dimension
Image size: 8.8 x 7.0 cm
Accession No.
2025-00964
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 low-angle photograph features Nona Asiah dressed in a sleeveless top with a transparent tudung shawl draped over her head and shoulders.