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A Fine Sumatran Ceremonial Cloth (tampan), the woven hand spun…
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Sydney
Date:
17-Aug-2008
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A Fine Sumatran Ceremonial Cloth (tampan), the woven hand spun cotton panel with natural polychrome dyes depicting a boat scene, 61 x 47 cm Provenance: From an Australian collection For another example c.f. Australian National Gallery Cat Ref 1986.1238 Note: '...the tampan of Lampung are small supplementary clothes which are rarely worn but are used for similar functions during the tradition rites of the lifecycle-tooth filing, circumcision, first hair cutting, marriage arrangements and funerals...tampan are no longer woven at all...' Maxwell, R. 1990, Textiles of Southeast Asia; Tradition, Trade and Transformation, Australian National Gallery, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, p. 172
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Unclassified