LOT 158 A CEREMONIAL CLOTH (TAMPAN)
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A CEREMONIAL CLOTH (TAMPAN), LAMPUNG, SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY, woven russet and indigo cotton, with an intricate design of stylised s amongst semi-abstract figures and animals, surrounded by bands of geometric and scroll motifs, mounted on stretcher, 97cm square approx. (cloth); 103cm square (stretcher) Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. Tampans were produced mostly by the women of Lampung, a region rich from the cultivation of pepper. Almost all families would have possessed a few of these cloths which were used for display at family ceremonies such as marriage and had a variety of functions including being used to cover food. For other Sumatran ceremonial textiles with stylised designs, see Gittinger 1985, pp.89-93.
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