This is a set of iron belt buckle ('olan-olan') and attachment featuring the design of twining serpents and they were inlaid with gold leaf. This type of belt buckles was widely worn in central Java in the 19th century and they were usually fixed to a cloth sash or a belt woven from human hair. They were also worn by people of fine birth or people of an elite class. Accessories have many different functions in island Southeast Asia, for example it was used to indicate social positions, to symbolise the importance of the social relationship between the giver and the receiver during gift exchanges, and to serve as miniature religious objects.
