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Waist belt decorated with gold and 19 polished tiger's claws
Belt with thirteen polished tiger nails set in gold
Belt with polished tiger nails set in refined gold filigree work. The belt is sewn on a silk background to strengthen it. The clasp depicts a butterfly, the other links depict lions and birds. Jewelry with tiger nails was worn as an amulet. Peranakan Chinese believed that wearing this would offer protection from this strong animal. The gold ornaments were made by Chinese craftsmen.
Type of item
- Object Type: belt
- Belt
Date
- vroeg 20de eeuw
Medium
- Material: animal origin materials
- Animal product
Type of item
- Object Type: belt
- Belt
Date
- vroeg 20de eeuw
Medium
- Material: animal origin materials
- Animal product
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1900/1942
Provenance
- 1942-01-01
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/57432
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- gold
- gold
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z