This Malay necklace, known as ‘dokoh’, is an example of the distinctive jewellery of Pattani Kelantan and Terengganu as it is made of ‘suasa’. Suasa is an alloy of gold, silver and copper that has a distinctive reddish colour. This necklace consists of a central pendant and four additional small pendants, which are arranged together on a chain. The central gold pendant is made in the form of a ‘daun sukun’ (breadfruit leaf), a motif said to symbolize the creative fusion of male and female cosmic energies. The pendant is also decorated with a row of faceted gold granules and an array of rough-cut diamonds. The two coin-like ornaments, decorated with granulation and attached to the chain, mostly likely functioned as or were symbolic of protective amulets. Dokoh are usually made as charms or amulets to protect the wearer.
