Ceremonial Cloth (Palepai)
Name/Title
Ceremonial Cloth (Palepai)Entry/Object ID
2023.6.1Description
Palepai is a prestigious cloth that would have been hung behind important individuals during ceremonies. It depicts a long ship with multiple-pronged prows. Here the cloth is shown with the warp in the horizontal direction.Acquisition
Accession
2023.6Source or Donor
Joel ConfinoAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Joel ConfinoMade/Created
Artist
Unknown MakerTextile Details
Technique
Supplementary-weft Patterning, Plain WeaveEthnography
Cultural Region
Province
LampungIsland
SumatraCountry
IndonesiaCulture/Tribe
Lampung