Sleeve hem
| Accession Nr.: | 54.18.1.2 |
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| Type: | costumes; textile arts |
| Date of production: |
19th century
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| Materials/Techniques: | silk, golden cord, metal, twisted |
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| Dimensions: | width: 10.8 cm length: 30 cm |
This elaborate embroidered sleeve border was presumably part of a Peranakan (emigrant, assimilated) Chinese Indonesian so-called nyonya-baba (female-male) traditional costume. The field, edged with twisted gold cord, features the typical Chinese motif of two dragons playing with precious stones in the sky, each with a dazzling sun-disk next to their tails.