Title
Belt
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
Malay Peninsula
Dimension
Object size: 2.8 x 112.0 x 1.2 cm
Accession No.
2002-00583
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Edmond Chin
This simple double-tiered silver chain belt has a Dutch Indies coin as a buckle. Jewellery and accessories has many different functions in island Southeast Asia, for example it was used to indicate social positions, to symbolise the importance of the social relationship between the giver and the receiver during gift exchanges, and to serve as miniature religious objects.
