Title
Dompet with Beaded Butterfly and Flower Design
Year/Period
c. 1900
Region
Java, Indonesia
Dimension
Object size: 10.5 x 23.0 cm
Accession No.
2016-00419
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This dompet has a unique semi-circular shape quite unlike other envelope purses. Chain and bullion stiches are used to create the contours of a butterfly and two stalks of flowers. Unlike Chinese purses which were either square or circular in shape, the purses made for or by the Peranakan community show more variation.
