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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4179096, member: 2844"]Beautiful, [USER=20645]@HottMess[/USER] .</p><p>It is an Indonesian hairpin, most likely Javanese. It looks like it is gold, but could be gilded silver. I have some Javanese hairpins that are gilded silver.</p><p>The shape is a stylized orchid, one of the emblematic flowers of Java. The way the petals are decorated is very Indonesian, and seen a lot on gold and silver from Java and the Javanese (Majapahit culture) influenced islands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Djokja silver orchid brooch from Central Java for comparison (not nearly as nice as you pin):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]333845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it would be quite painful to wear it as a sarpech.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nurse:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4179096, member: 2844"]Beautiful, [USER=20645]@HottMess[/USER] . It is an Indonesian hairpin, most likely Javanese. It looks like it is gold, but could be gilded silver. I have some Javanese hairpins that are gilded silver. The shape is a stylized orchid, one of the emblematic flowers of Java. The way the petals are decorated is very Indonesian, and seen a lot on gold and silver from Java and the Javanese (Majapahit culture) influenced islands. Here is my Djokja silver orchid brooch from Central Java for comparison (not nearly as nice as you pin): [ATTACH=full]333845[/ATTACH] I think it would be quite painful to wear it as a sarpech.:nurse:[/QUOTE]
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