Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth mosaics These vessels served both utilitarian

These vessels served both utilitarian and ceremonial purposes

Accession Number: 2003

globular body is paired with a short neck and a slightly flaring petite mouth

yet effective

sago palms

Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth mosaics These vessels served both utilitarianAbung, Pubian, or Paminggir People, c. 18501880 AD, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia A fantastic ceremonial textile (tampan) from the Lampung region of southern Sumatra, masterfully woven with finely detailed human figures, mythical creatures, and ancestral shrines. The architectural form depicted likely represents the rumah poyangancestor houses built as memorialscharacterized by pole supported frames with towering conical roofs. The multi tiered