TUSUK KONDE / SANGGUL

Hair pin

Central Java, indonesia
Early 20th C.
Gold, diamonds (intan)
H. 15 cm
Private Collection
IDN: 88-1813-1210

It is uncertain to us whether this hairpin was worn by Straits Chinese or Dutch colonial women but the piece was made by a Straits Chinese goldsmith in Java and could have been worn by either.