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Ankle armour

This pair of ankle bands are part of an armour costume wore by a spiritual medium or an opera dancer performing a trance of a Taoist's God. Embroidered with gold threads, the “Wan” motif is surrounded with diagonal lines – which represent waves – and clouds.
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Jeffrey Eng
Singapore, Singapore
Jeffrey Eng, is a third-generation owner of Eng Tiang Huat, a business named after his grandfather, based in a beautiful shophouse in Geylang area, wh ...
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