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Tiny Pins for Indonesian Blouse

Posted by Edith D on April 4, 2017 at 2:59am

These tiny pins are used to secure the Indonesian "kebaya" blouse. I believe these blouses are Chinese influenced, and the floral designs could also be European influenced. This is one of those types of jewelry that is a mixture of many different influences recombined into a unique form.