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This is a photograph of a red sheeted wedding bed in an attap house in Kampong Chai Chee. Traditionally, Chinese bridal bedsheets were red and embroidered with dragon and phoenix in gold threads. Photograph donated by Neo Siok Leng and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_455
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Neo Siok Leng.
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