Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; tampan; gift exchange; food covering; gift wrapping. Indonesia
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Lampung
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Creation Place:
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Sumatra
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Title:
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Textile; tampan; gift exchange; food covering; gift wrapping. Indonesia
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Materials:
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woven
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Materials:
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cotton
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Materials:
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fabric
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Dimensions:
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70.3 cm by 60.9 cm
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Current Location:
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Address:
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X83.246
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Subject:
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- geometric
- woven cotton fabric
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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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.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft8779p1rh
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