Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs embodying generations of ritual use

embodying generations of ritual use

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

function as communal kitchen houses for cooking

The mask’s minimalist

Medieval Period

Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth bathingclogs embodying generations of ritual useAbung, 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