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Chen Chhoi, Chinese Cook

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Title
Chen Chhoi, Chinese Cook
Subject
Foreign workers, Chinese
Western Australia
Chinese language
Employment
Category
1. Settlement
Place
Claremont
Keywords
Chinese Australian
domesticity - nineteenth century
Current holder
Claremont Museum/Collections WA
Date
1888
Link
https://collectionswa.net.au/items/c3b84086-dc3c-4743-94fa-fe097033e39a
Item number
cwa-org-28--98-664
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Australia
Language
Chinese
English
Description from source
B/W copy print of head and shoulders studio portrait of Chen Chhoi mounted in an oval, card frame. Chen is wearing a loose, dark, collarless garment with button and loop closing, on the chest of which appears to be an attached parchment bearing several Chinese characters. The front of his head is shaved and remaining hair is drawn back.

On the back of original was the following: [Chen Chhoi 7611/91], some Chinese symbols in black ink and, in blue biro [Cook for 4 bachelors/living Goldsworthy Rd/Claremont about 1888-1890].
Physical format
Photographs
Transcription
The text appearing on his chest reads 曾財 which is his name (Chen Chhoi, pinyin Zeng Cai, Jyutping Cang Coi), [Josh Stenberg, 26 June 2024]