This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... a Persian coin; 2 a necklace of oval beads, usually of gold, but called after Arabian coral;" a chain with tiny casket containing an Arabian amulet.' Among the heirlooms of the Perak sultanate is "a very strange breast ornament 5 for adorning the front of a woman's dress; it is made up of six dragons: the two upper ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... a Persian coin; 2 a necklace of oval beads, usually of gold, but called after Arabian coral;" a chain with tiny casket containing an Arabian amulet.' Among the heirlooms of the Perak sultanate is "a very strange breast ornament 5 for adorning the front of a woman's dress; it is made up of six dragons: the two upper dragons approach each other with their heads and tails while their bodies curve outwards; between their heads is a fish; below them are two dragons stretching downwards parallel to one another; below these, two more dragons crossed. The whole ornament is made of a sort of mosaic of poor gems. It is not Malayan," and it has an Arabic name. The trail of Chinese and European influence, tiresome as mediocrity, is over all Malay ornament now that the feudal age with its patient unpaid craftsmen has passed and fearful respect for rank has given place to a democratic ostentation which would have been quashed by keris and fine of old. Women and children, both boys and girls, wear necklaces, bracelets, anklets and rings with their best clothes, but the oldest ornaments are dying out, except that children still wear the agok and a fig-shaped "modesty-piece," fastened by a string, where the sculptor from similar motives places a leaf." Men's jewellery consists, now, of gold coat buttons, watch-chain and rings; for which the poorer substitute iron, silver, pinchbeck or brass, while the severe and the poorest wear no jewellery at all, excusing poverty of attire with a wealth of religious conviction. The kebaga has brought into fashion a set of three brooches, ' sometimes studded with brilliants, oftener with rubies or cornelians, two of them circular, one heart-shaped. Tiger claws, mounted in...
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