2 Malay Straights Silver Belts and Repousse Belt Buckle, 19th C. Known as "pendings" such buckles were widely worn as fashion statements across Malay society prior to the influx of European style clothing into British Malaya in the early 1900s. Size: 6'' x 3.5'' x .25'' (15 x 9 x 1 cm). Weight: 2.9 ozt. Belts. Size: 1) Size: 40.5'' x 1.25'' (103 x 3 cm). 2) Size: 36'' x 1.75'' (91 x 4 cm). Weight: 15.4 ozt. Provenance: Sylvia and Philip Chaplain Collection, New Hampshire.

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