Blouse
ca. 1950 (made)
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A kebaya is a long-sleeved blouse that was fastened at the front using three brooches (kerosang) joined by a chain, and usually worn with a sarong (skirt cloth) by Javanese, Malay or Peranakan Chinese women in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. This blouse is of lightweight cotton fabric with silk embroidery of peacock and peonies. It was probably made for a Peranakan Chinese (or Straits Chinese) in Malaysia.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Kebaya (blouse), coloured silk embroidery on green cotton, Malaysia, ca. 1950 |
| Physical description | Kebaya (blouse) of green cotton, embroidered with peacocks and peonies in coloured silks. |
| Credit line | Given by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop |
| Object history | The donor bought this kebaya in a small shop in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia about 1990. It was from a specialist tailor's shop that sold made-to-measure modern hand-embroidered kebaya but also sold some second-hand ones. |
| Summary | A kebaya is a long-sleeved blouse that was fastened at the front using three brooches (kerosang) joined by a chain, and usually worn with a sarong (skirt cloth) by Javanese, Malay or Peranakan Chinese women in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. This blouse is of lightweight cotton fabric with silk embroidery of peacock and peonies. It was probably made for a Peranakan Chinese (or Straits Chinese) in Malaysia. |
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| Accession number | IS.2-2013 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2013 |
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