Product Description

Antique Minangkabau Velvet Collar

Material: Gold foil, velvet, cotton
Style: Solok, Minangkabau, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Size: Length 61 cm, Width 23 cm
Order Number: MHSAME4

When the Minangkabau converted to Islam,  they kept their traditional law and matrilineal social organisation. They remain strongly Moslem and have blended the two systems. Property and inheritance follows the female line, but maintenance of adat, the traditional law, smooth running of society and settlement of disputes is the responsibility of senior men. Many events call for ceremonies.

Solok (meaningvalley) is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Embellished Minangkabau Velvet Collar: Long collars with foil images of jewelry stitched or glued on to velvet were worn by women in the southern area of Solok. The gold foil includes imitation gold coins, ear and pectoral ornaments and the back section of the distinctive Solok bridal crown.

There is a similar one in Gold Jewelry of the Indonesian Archipelago, Anne Richter and Bruce Carpenter, Editions Didier Millet 2011, page 293.

19th century or early 20th century.

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