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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 1226736, member: 360"]Hi, </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I agree with AJ. Definitely of Peranakan style. Usually Peranakan made things of high-grade silver and gold, but the pressure to own a belt (which were predominantly worn by women) was very very high in traditional Peranakan culture. So I imagine that people bought or commissioned belts of silver, regardless of the grade of the silver, just so that they could have one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 1226736, member: 360"]Hi, Yes, I agree with AJ. Definitely of Peranakan style. Usually Peranakan made things of high-grade silver and gold, but the pressure to own a belt (which were predominantly worn by women) was very very high in traditional Peranakan culture. So I imagine that people bought or commissioned belts of silver, regardless of the grade of the silver, just so that they could have one.[/QUOTE]
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