Cucuk Sanggul (1)

Cucuk sanggul is one of the important accessories for the hair. Usually, Nyonyas will keep their hair up to waist length. The hair would then be tied up into a bun, secured by hairpins, and some decorated with flowers. Nyonyas from Malacca and Singapore wore their hair buns or sanggul normally with three, five or seven hairpins, each in graduating lengths, called the cucuk sanggul.

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Front view of the cucuk sanggul.
Length: 11cm.

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-Back-

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The details of the workmanship.

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The details of the workmanship.

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Front view of the cucuk sanggul.
Length: 11cm.

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-Back-

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Front view of another two types of the cucuk sanggul.
Length: 7cm each.

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Front view of the enamel cucuk sanggul with only some enamel left.
Length: 8.5cm.

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-Back-

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Front view of the cucuk sanggul.
Length: 7.5cm.

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-Back-

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Front view of the cucuk sanggul.
Length: 7cm.

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-Back-

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Length: 16cm.

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Length: 13.5cm.

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Other variations of a set of seven Portuguese brass hairpins from Malacca.

Picture 1 - Length of the hairpins from left to right: 13cm, 12.5cm, 11.5cm, 10.5cm, 10cm, 9.5cm and 7.5cm.

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Picture 3 - Clearer view of the crown of the hairpins.

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Length: 12.5cm.

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A set of five Nyonya silver hairpins from Penang.

Picture 1 - Length of the hairpins from top to bottom: 14cm, 13cm, 12cm, 10cm and 9cm.

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Picture 3 - Very unclear mark at the back of the hairpin.

An incomplete set of four Nyonya silver hairpins (instead of five) from Penang.

Picture 1 - Length of the hairpins from top to bottom: 14cm, 13cm, 11.5cm and 11cm.

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Picture 3 - Mark at the back of the hairpin.

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Another variation of a set of five Nyonya silver hairpins from Singapore.

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Length of each of the hairpins: 9.5cm.

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The details of the workmanship.

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A very unique set of silver gilt cucuk sanggul.
Length of the hairpins from left to right: 9cm, 10.5cm and 9.5cm.

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-Back-

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The unclear mark at the back of the hairpin 1.

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The unclear mark at the back of the hairpin 2.

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The unclear mark at the back of the hairpin 3.

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The details of the workmanship.

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This small cucuk sanggul (made of brass) is almost similar to the three above.
Length: 4cm.

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-Back-

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The details of the workmanship.

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Another type of old hair accessory used by Malay ladies. This silver hair clip has two functions to tie the hair.
Length: 12cm.

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Chinese silver enamel hairpin.
Length: 11cm.

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Silver cucuk sanggul from Sarawak.
Length: 10cm.

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Silver cucuk sanggul from Malacca.
Length: 11.5cm.

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The details of the workmanship.

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The mark at the back of the hairpin.

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A jade-like Chinese hairpin.
Length: 17.5cm.

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The mark at the back of the hairpin.

Also check on "Cucuk Sanggul (2)".