Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Lampung
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Title:
Textile; tampan; gift exchange; food covering; gift wrapping. Indonesia
Materials:
woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
70.3 cm by 60.9 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X83.246
Subject:
- geometric
- woven cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
The cloth has various uses: cloth exchanged at marriage, food covering or wrapping gifts. It is woven against natural cotton ground. Tampan means "ship cloths". This piece may not be a true tampan which is described in the literature (below) as a "small square ceremonial cloth". This item is not consistent with the other tampans in the collection. See "SPLENDID SYMBOLS: TEXTILES AND TRADITIONS IN INDONESIA" by Mattiebelle Gittinger, published by Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1979, pp 88-97. See entry for X76.1365 for background information on "tampan" and "pelepai" textiles from Lampung, Sumatra.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft8779p1r h

Textile; tampan; gift exchange; food covering; gift wrapping. Indonesia