Title
Hairpin
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Probably the Indonesian Archipelago
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 5.3 x 3.0 x 0.8 cm
Accession No.
2002-00665
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Edmond Chin
This gold ornamental hairpin, with floral motifs, is known as ‘korek kuping’, which literally means ‘ear picks’. This was worn by a Indonesian Peranakan woman, who would traditionally tie her waist-long hair into a coiled bun, which would be held in place with hairpins. Peranakan women were fond of jewellery, which was worn as a display of wealth especially on ceremonial occasions.
