Title
Rosette hairpin
Year/Period
early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 1.2 x 7.1 x 1.7 cm
Accession No.
2016-00785
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Winson Tan in memory of the late Edward Tan TL
This is a gold and diamond hairpin shaped into a rosette. There is a large central diamond, with seven smaller diamonds inset around it. Hairpins like this would have been made for Peranakan women in the Straits Settlements to be worn as part of a wedding headdress. A Peranakan bride would tie her hair into a bun or sanggul and individual hairpins would have been stuck in to create a headdress. This hairpin is part of a set that comes from the collection of the family of prominent philanthropists and businessmen, Tan Kim Seng and Tan Jiak Kim.
