Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Batumenjan
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Lampung
Creation Place:
Menanga
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Title:
Textile; tampan; gift wrapping. Indonesia
Date:
1900-Collected 1974
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
supplementary weft
Materials:
handspun cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
73.6 cm by 63.4 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X76.1401
Subject:
- human animal ship geometric bands
- handwoven supplementary weft handspun cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: The mounted human figures seem closely related in style to the "wayang" or shadow puppet figures found on Java. These particular figures may be associated with those Gittinger characterizes with a large mouth with teeth, which she believes represent an old style [Gittinger 1972:160-162]. They appear to hold a "kris" in each hand [Gittinger 1972:160]. The raised front legs of the animals seem to be an uncommon feature in "tampan" [Gittinger 1972:172]. See entry for X76.1365 for background information on "tampan" and "pelepai" textiles from Lampung, Sumatra.
Heading:
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:
ark:/13030/ft500006d 2

Textile; tampan; gift wrapping. Indonesia