[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO]
CollectionStraits Chinese Collection
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2012-0012-005-0
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Sireh set in Palembang lacquer box
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]A box for keeping the condiments used in betel-nut chewing. Known in Baba patois as tempat sireh, such sets were part of a bride trousseau.
(NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 104)
[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Lacquerware
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Lacquer
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
H: 6.5 cm
L: 20 cm
W: 13 cm
L: 20 cm
W: 13 cm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Gift of Agnes Tan Kim Lwi