Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs Finnish private collection

Finnish private collection

The mask’s minimalist

often shaping coarse faces and cylindrical bodies with clay pellets for features such as hats

this finely woven piece showcases the Chancay civilization’s mastery of gauze weaving

Medieval Period

Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs Finnish private collectionAbung, Pubian, or Paminggir People, c. 18501880 AD, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia A superb 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 composition