We have in our Sydney home some decorative little drinking glasses that were bought (by another member of the household) in an antique shop in Bukittinggi in West Sumatra nearly 30 years ago. Seems there were several funny little antique shops there at the time, stocking an eclectic mix of things, including lots of stuff from Dutch colonial times. I hadn't noticed them on my own previous visit to Bukittinggi, but that just goes to show how we all see different things!
And what do you know, they're all still there, still selling all that same old stuff. Or at least, still stocking it - I never saw any customers in any of them.
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