Title
Pair of earplugs
Creator
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
Minangkabau Highlands, West Sumatra
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
refer to parts
Accession No.
2002-00529
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Edmond Chin
This pair of disk-shaped ornaments highlights the ingenuity of Southeast Asian communities, as they encountered and absorbed a variety of cultural ideas through the long ebb and flow of their history. Communities that had adopted Islam, like the Bugis of South Sulawesi, however, softened these into stylised abstractions. New techniques of filigree, red staining and granulation lent a new intricacy to their ornaments.
