SUMATRA: ISLE OF GOLD

In 2010, The Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, organised Sumatra Isle of Gold to tell the story of an ancient crossroads in Asia – the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The image shows the famous Crown-of-the-Sultan-of-Siak embellished with three lotus flowers, rubies, and diamonds is thought to have been made for Sultan Assyaidis Syarief Kasyim I Abdul Jalil Syariffudin, who ruled until 1889.

You can read more about this exhibition here.