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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 214069, member: 360&quot;]Here&#039;s my article on the Peranakan/Straits Chinese, in case you&#039;re wondering what they are. My grandmother&#039;s family was Peranakan going back at least three or four generations. Grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma, and all their relatives and ancestors were full-blooded Peranakan. Belts like these were part of their culture, and were worn by the women to keep their skirts up. </p><p><br /></p><p>The ones made of gold and silver would&#039;ve been handmade by a Peranakan silversmith. Today they change hands for anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, if you can buy one which isn&#039;t in a museum somewhere. Anything Peranakan is bloody hard to get your hands on. I&#039;ve been trying for nearly 10 years! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the article: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.throughouthistory.com/?p=3547" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.throughouthistory.com/?p=3547" rel="nofollow">http://www.throughouthistory.com/?p=3547</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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