Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; tampan; gift wrapping. Indonesia

Collection: 
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place: 
Indonesia
Creation Place: 
Krui District
Creation Place: 
Lampung
Creation Place: 
Pulau Pisang
Creation Place: 
Sumatra
Title: 
Textile; tampan; gift wrapping. Indonesia
Date: 
1900-Collected 1974
Materials: 
handwoven
Materials: 
supplementary weft
Materials: 
handspun cotton
Materials: 
fabric
Dimensions: 
39.3 cm by 35.5 cm
Current Location: 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address: 
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID: 
UCLA FMCH X76.1409
Subject: 
- human scrolls pole geometric chequered bands - handwoven supplementary weft handspun cotton fabric
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Content/Description
Notes: 
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: The composition is similar to Gittinger 1972:Plate 22, which has been interpreted as follows: The two human figures in the center field appear to be riding on stylized animals' backs. The animals' legs are evident, as are the animals' necks supporting heads formed by additional angular scrolls. The animals' heads confront a structure containing two figures. On the baseline other human figures are seen in architectural forms having triangular cross sections [Gittinger 1972:103-104, Plate 22]. See entry for X76.1365 for background information on "tampan" and "pelepai" textiles from Lampung, Sumatra.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes: 
Gittinger, Mattiebelle. 1972. A STUDY OF THE SHIP CLOTHS OF SUMATRA: THEIR DESIGN AND USAGE. Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University.
Collection Description: 
METS ID: 
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