Small Silver Box and Pinang Scissors

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1710

Silver filigree objects were made especially in Sumatra, but also in Batavia (now Jakarta). These items were popular among the Dutch in Asia. These dragon-headed scissors were used to cut off pieces of a betel nut, which were then finely ground and folded with other ingredients into a leaf of the sirih (betel) plant. Like chewing tobacco, this betel nut mix was a popular stimulant.

  • Artwork typebox
  • Object numberAK-RAK-2017-22
  • Dimensionsheight 3.8 cm x diameter 7 cm, diameter 7 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Small Silver Box and Pinang Scissors

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-RAK-2017-22

  • Description

    Verguld, zilveren, rond doosje met deksel, geheel omgeven door een tweede ajour gewerkte wand van zilver filigrein in de vorm van bladeren en rozetten. Heet doosje is ongemerkt. Afkomstig van mevrouw H.S.C. von Hemert, geboren Barones Van Pallandt.

Creation

  • Creation

    • jeweler: anonymous, Batavia
    • jeweler: anonymous, Indonesia

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1710

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 3.8 cm x diameter 7 cm
    • diameter 7 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchase made possible by the B.J. Peiser bequest

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2017-08-11

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Mariette Haveman, Zilver, uit: Kunstschrift, 59, 2015, 5, pagina 34-35 - p. 34, afb. 49
    • Jan van Campen, '"Een kleine ronde draadwerkse doosie" en andere voorwerpen van zilverdraadwerk uit Azië', Aziatische Kunst 31/3 (2001), pp. 36-53.

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  • Small Silver Box and Pinang Scissors
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