Europeana Fashion — National Museum of World Cultures Foundation
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\"moeka selop" \Embroidery in clinquant (coal comb) on bright green velvet, depicting two flying birds facing each other. Such embroideries were made by Chinese women in Indonesia for their own use or for sale to Chinese Peranakan or Indonesian prijanji women. The merchant has them made into slippers at a toekan sepatoe. Underneath the thick parts of the embroidery there is usually cardboard stuck into the required shape. \Size: 18 x 25 cm.
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