Gilding the Phoenix: The Straits Chinese and Their Jewellery Peter Lee these artefacts illustrate some of

these artefacts illustrate some of the similarities and subtle differences between the sister Peranakan societies situated on both sides of the Straits of Malacca

Publisher: Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara

upacara pemakaman

As seen in the book’s many illustrations

Gilding the Phoenix: The Straits Chinese and Their Jewellery Peter Lee these artefacts illustrate some ofDuring the hundred years between 1850 and 1950, Insular and Peninsular South East Asia was the site of the birth, growth and decline of a unique community that of the Straits Chinese or Peranakans. During that time, this community found themselves at the nexus of the Chinese, Malay, European and Indian worlds, with Chinese migrants adapting to the cosmopolitan environment in which they found themselves. The story of the Peranakans and their art is