{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ACC Art Books US","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","author_name":"ACC Art Books US","author_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","title":"Malay Silver and Gold - ACC Art Books US","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FVTokyXGUc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/malay-silver-and-gold\/\">Malay Silver and Gold<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/malay-silver-and-gold\/embed\/#?secret=FVTokyXGUc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Malay Silver and Gold&#8221; &#8212; ACC Art Books US\" data-secret=\"FVTokyXGUc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9786164510777-04-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1079,"thumbnail_height":1400,"description":"Important new research into highly collectable Malay silver. Hundreds of items photographed and catalogued, many from private collections never before published.Acknowledgements 10 1. Discovering Malay Silver and Gold 12 2. Private Collecting, Public Distortions: The Collecting and Colonial Bias 24 3. The River Rajas: Who are the Malays? 42 4. European Takeover and the Collapse of the Malay Courts 56 5. Malay Rulers: Their Riches and Regalia 60 6. The Minangkabau Mirage 76 7. Making Malay Silver and Gold 88 8. The Malay Silversmith&rsquo;s Aesthetic 106 9. A Taxonomy of Motifs 116 10. Malay Weddings: Everyone&rsquo;s Turn at Royalty 126 11. Early Malay Silver 136 12. The Malays: Forgotten Masters of Filigree 148 13. Thailand and the Malay World 166 14. Silver and Gold for Feasting 174 15. At the Heart of being Malay: Luxury Betel Sets and Tobacco Boxes 194 16. Malay Waist Buckles: Allegories of Paradise 214 17. Portable Wealth: Gold and Silver Jewellery 224 18. Pillow Ends, Modesty Plates and Other Luxury Items in Gold and Silver 240 19. Weapons for Royalty 256 20. Inscriptions on Malay Silver and Gold 262 Appendix 1 &ndash; Defining Malay 267 Appendix 2 &ndash; Overview of Key Malay Sultanates 269 Endnotes 280 Bibliography 286 Index 291"}