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: 
Lampung
Creation Place: 
Pedada
Creation Place: 
Rusaba
Creation Place: 
Sumatra
Title: 
Textile; tampan; gift wrapping. Indonesia
Date: 
1900-Collected 1974
Materials: 
handwoven
Materials: 
supplementary weft
Materials: 
handspun cotton
Materials: 
fabric
Dimensions: 
77.5 cm by 67.9 cm
Current Location: 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address: 
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID: 
UCLA FMCH X76.1395
Subject: 
- ship "wayang" human fish floral birds peacock flag umbrella marine creatures - 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: Figural style associated with "wayang" or shadow puppet figures found on Java, with profile head, frontal square shoulders, attenuated torso, bent arms and costume details. Two central figures in upper row hold "kris"; four figures below hold possible emblems of rank [Gittinger 1972:160, Plate 105]. The large birds with projecting crest feathers and vertically rising tail feathers ending in diamond motifs represent male peacocks [Gittinger 1972:100-101, 167, Plates 14-16]. See Gittinger 1972:133-137 for description of marine life. European vessel is unusual [Gittinger 1972:133-137]. 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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