Pinto Aceh design is obtained from the monument of Sultan Iskandarmuda relic named Pinto Khob. The monument is now in the vicinity of the recreation park, located on the banks of the river Daroy, supposedly used as the back door of the palace of the Special Palace of Aceh for the entry of the empress Sultan Iskandarmuda and his ladies if the empress headed to the banks of the river to bathe. Now the park is named Taman Putroe Phang (Putri Pahang), the name of the empress.
From the design of the small gate of the Door Khob is taken motif for jewelry called Pinto Aceh.