Museum Walk – Peranakan Museum
The Peranakan Museum in Singapore explores the history of Peranakan cultures in Singapore as well as other Peranakan communities in South East Asia through it’s artifacts. Known for beadwork textiles … Continue reading
Daily At Fix – Peranakan Bead Art
A million beads strung together to create a large artwork! From the Peranakan Museum, Singapore
One more Dream Mansion – Penang
Earlier on a trip to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, I saw a house that I could so easily live in – Patwaon ki Haveli. A house that – in itself is such … Continue reading
Intricate Nyonya Glass Beadwork – antique pieces from the Peranakan Museum, Singapore
Peranakan culture expresses itself in many unique ways and the glass bead embroidery on articles of daily use is probably the prettiest of all Peranakan cultural signatures. Glass bead … Continue reading
Exquisite Vintage Kebayas – the costume of the Peranakan culture
Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya and Straits Chinese are terms used for descendants of the very early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region of British controlled Malaya and the Dutch controlled Java among … Continue reading
