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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 243288, member: 2844&quot;]Thanks Susan and Shangas.</p><p>I think there is a connection between your two answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only find two sites which associate this particular shape with Peranakan culture. One is the one you mentioned, which also says the Canton enamel one is Peranakan. I have never found any evidence that Canton enamel was also made in the Straits. The other is the online East Indies Museum, which is not known for its accuracy, every time I look I find a crucial mistake.</p><p>Other sources on Peranakan hair jewellery only show the classic chignon pins, with long pins (to poke in the hairbun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />), either single pronged, or with two or more. They are traditional East Asian, and as you mentioned, are called cucuk sanggul in Malay and Indonesian. The Peranakan chignon pins were made with Peranakan motifs.</p><p>Here are Indonesian cucuk sanggul from my collection, other countries had different styles:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]74533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]74534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the connection between your two answers is coastal China - Canton, Shanghai, source of a lot of Chinese export silver.</p><p>These hair ornaments were probably made there. It is likely that some were exported to the Straits and worn by Peranakan ladies, just like Cantonese arts and artifacts were exported to the Straits and used by Peranakan families and institutions.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way Shangas, the two beauties are very happy here, lots of friends<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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