Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs function as communal kitchen houses

function as communal kitchen houses for cooking

enriched with natural iron inclusions that occasionally appear as black

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

and record-keeping

Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs function as communal kitchen housesAbung, 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