Ornament on the wall inside the house.
Shoes worn by Nonyas. They are hand embroidered pieces.
The Babas are descendants of an early Chinese community that settled in the Malay archipelago [ known as Peninsular Malaysia / West Malaysia] at least since the 17th century. Many members of the early community were seafarers who traded between the ports of southern China and those of Southeast Asia. The oldest Chinese communities can be found in Malacca. As Chinese women were by law not allowed to leave their native country until the middle of the 19th century, many of these early traders married non-Muslim natives of the Malay archipelago.
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The Peranakans, are also known as the Babas and Nonyas. Babas refer to the Chinese male and Nonyas are Malayan female. Girls didn't attend school. When the girl turned twelve, she was not allowed to leave the house and was taught the finer points of being a good Peranakan wife. Her lessons included proper behaviour, cooking, sewing, embroidery, bead work etc.
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