Modesty plate

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"672 - 673. Shame plate - "Djempang"Two very primitive plates of coconut shells, worn like the others but only by the children of poor people who cannot buy any silver. Children of nobles and privileged people wear valuable gold plates. This typical covering is only used, as far as I know, by the Buginese and Makassars."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 160). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller