Saturday, July 15, 2017

Malay Wooden Sirih Box

Pictures below showing a Malay wooden sirih box, decorated with a solid silver plaques engraved and punched with Islamic-inspired scrolling floral and vegetal motifs - a motif that is highly characteristic of Malay silver work.

The sides are also decorated with scrolling floral and vine motifs and include the Malay-type stylized clove head motif that is often seen on Malay silver work.

The box contains four silver cembul and an iron kacip (nut cutter / nutcracker) in the form of a stylized bird. The handles are sheathed in silver.

Do check out my other blogs about the betel nut paraphernalia.


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Clove heads.
The engraving work on the box includes motifs based on cloves.

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