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Cloth belt

Title

Cloth belt

Year/Period

Early-mid 20th century

Region

Straits Settlements

Material

Cotton

Dimension

Object size: 61 x 12.5 cm

Accession No.

2010-00824

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mdm Irene Lim in memory of mother Mdm Edna Kung

The cloth belt was one of the items used by Peranakan babies in their early years. It could have been knitted by the mothers or the other women at home. After bathing, the baby was then oiled with warm Chinese herbs and betel leaves applied to the navel. Then the cloth belt was wound around them to prevent ‘wind’ from entering the baby through the navel.