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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9807531, member: 2844&quot;]Exactly, it is a Malay pending, a shape that originated in Sumatra, the Malay homeland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you want to collect Peranakan silver, it is good to know a little about the other styles in the region, that Peranakan silver is based on. You recently came to know the Thai style, but you are bound to come across more Malay pieces, so here are the basics:</p><p><br /></p><p>You can recognize Malay silver and gold by the fact that there are no people depicted on the piece, and usually no birds or animals. The motifs are stylised floral, plant, water, and cloud motifs, often meandering along the piece. (Only occasionally do you see birds, but other animals are very rare.) Around the rim of your pending are water motifs. Water is central to Malay culture, because it developed along the coasts and rivers of SE Asia.</p><p>Central motifs are often a flower or an Islamic star, albeit with elegantly curved sides. The central motif on yours is a mangosteen flower, which has four waxy petals.</p><p>Malay silver and gold has a very harmonious look because it has to be soothing as paradise. Your pending has that harmonious Malay look, fit for meditation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peranakan silver and gold has people and/or animals depicted on the piece. It is often a wondrous world of Buddhist symbols, trees, people, animals, birds, temples, what have you.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Peranakan buckle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]487484[/ATTACH]</p><p>From: The Jewelry of Southeast Asia - Anne Richter.</p><p><br /></p><p>And why not? These gents from Jambi, Sumatra, wore theirs daily. You will need a keris too, of course.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]487486[/ATTACH]</p><p>From: Malay Silver and Gold - Michael Backman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the fuzzy photos.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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