Candlestick holders

Title
Candlestick holders
Year/Period
Early-mid 20th century
Region
Malay Peninsula
Object Type
altar candlesticks
Material
brass
Dimension
Unknown Type: Please refer to parts
Accession No.
2005-00047
Collection of
Asian Civilisations Museum
Credit Line
Gift of Rosalind Ong

Such candlestick holders were used for ancestral altars. In Peranakan homes, beadwork or embroidery sewings were specially made to be placed on the brass plates.

 

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