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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO] Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie CollectionStraits Chinese Collection [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2008-0071-001-0 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]3 Piece Wooden Lacquer Container (Lotus Design) [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]The Peranakan Chinese in Palembang, Indonesia used a type of container called tenong for delivering wedding gifts. For this tenong, the top box is constructed in the shape of a lotus ﬂower. It is stacked on a base which is also a container that is larger. Small ﬂoral patterns in gold once covered the whole surface, but the gilding has all but rubbed off. The tenong is painted with a resinous substance referred to as the ‘lacquer of Palembang’. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 114) [nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Miscellaneous [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Wood, lacquer [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] H: 49.5 cm W: 35.4 cm

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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2008-0071-001-0

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]3 Piece Wooden Lacquer Container (Lotus Design)

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]The Peranakan Chinese in Palembang, Indonesia used a type of container called tenong for delivering wedding gifts. For this tenong, the top box is constructed in the shape of a lotus ﬂower. It is stacked on a base which is also a container that is larger. Small ﬂoral patterns in gold once covered the whole surface, but the gilding has all but rubbed off. The tenong is painted with a resinous substance referred to as the ‘lacquer of Palembang’. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 114)

[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Miscellaneous

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Wood, lacquer

[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]

H: 49.5 cm
W: 35.4 cm