Ceremonial Cloth (Tampan)

Textile

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Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Ceremonial Cloth (Tampan)

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.1

Description

Tampan are small square-shaped cloths that were exchanged during important rites of passage in Lampung area.

Acquisition

Accession

2022.1

Source or Donor

Helena Hernmarck

Credit Line

Gift of Helena Hernmarck in memory of Mary Kahlenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Date made

circa 1990

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Supplementary-weft Patterning

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Sumatra

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Lampung

Dimensions

Width

44.5 cm

Length

44 cm

Material

Cotton

Provenance

Notes

hh b 021. Donated by Helena Hernmarck to Tracing Patterns Foundation (TPF) in 2022, donated by TPF to U. Ciputra on February 23, 2023