Gilding the Phoenix: The Straits Chinese and Their Jewellery Peter Lee and Legacy" as part of

and Legacy" as part of a grand celebration of Seabad S

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Publisher: Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara

000 large and small islands in the vast sea area of ​​Southeast Asia

these artefacts illustrate some of the similarities and subtle differences between the sister Peranakan societies situated on both sides of the Straits of Malacca

Gilding the Phoenix: The Straits Chinese and Their Jewellery Peter Lee and Legacy" as part ofDuring the hundred years between 1850 and 1950, Insular and Peninsular South East Asia was the site of the birth, growth and decline of a unique community that of the Straits Chinese or Peranakans. During that time, this community found themselves at the nexus of the Chinese, Malay, European and Indian worlds, with Chinese migrants adapting to the cosmopolitan environment in which they found themselves. The story of the Peranakans and their art is