Gilded silver anklets, Indonesia

Pair of silver anklets, “called Geland kaki” with embossed decoration, most probably from the Peranakan community of Indonesia. The ends represent lotus buds. Both of them have a hallmark (illegible) stamped.

This kind of anklets are widely worn in the area, also by Burmese and Indo-Malay women.

From the first half of the XXth Century.

Dimensions:

Inner diameter: 8,5 cm (3,34 in)
Total diameter:10,5 cm (4,13 in)
Width: 14 mm

They both weight 97 gr.

References:

“The jewellery of South East Asia” Anne Richter, Thames and Hudson, 2000
” Ethnic jewellery from Indonesia”, Bruce W. Carpenter, edm, 2011
“Straits Chinese Gold Jewellery”, Tong, Lillian, Pinang Peranakan Mansion, 2014

SR12

Price: 365,00 €