Title
Modesty plate
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Malay Peninsula
Dimension
Object size: 7.8 x 6.6 x 1.2 cm
Accession No.
2002-00740
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Edmond Chin
This is a gold ‘caping’ or modesty plate elaborately adorned with applied tendrils of gold filigree and beading. This was worn by small girls of noble and well-to-do families who wore this and often little else. A string would be threaded through the lopes at the top of the plate and tied at the waist to cover the female genitalia.
