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Piring (Memorial Plate)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Anna Susanna Thedens-Moerbeek was 23 years, 4 months and 18 days old when she died in Batavia. After her funeral, family members and close friends were each given a silver piring in her memory. Piring means plate in Malay. The more plates that were handed out, the higher the status of the family.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePiring (Memorial Plate). c. 1722. Monogrammist HS (edelsmid). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
