Studio photograph of Nona Asiah with a tudung selendang

Collections
1614834
Title
Studio photograph of Nona Asiah with a tudung selendang
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
photographic gelatin, silver gelatin paper
Technique
gelatin silver process
Dimension
Image size: 8.7 x 6.1 cm
Accession No.
2025-00968
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 photograph in the shape of a heart features a picture of her dressed with a selendang tudung over her head.