LAMPUNG CEREMONIAL CLOTHSTextiles

SUMATRA, INDONESIA

LOCATION OF LAMPUNG

TRADITIONAL STYLES

A couple from Lampung in traditional costume during the colonial period.

TAMPAN

Ceremonial clothLate 19th centuryCotton30x27 1/4 inches

19th centuryIndonesia, Sumatra, Lampung province, Piya, Wai Ratai River regionCotton, L. 31 x W. 28 1/2 in. (78.7 x 72.4 cm)

Ceremonial textile (palepai)late 19th century, IndonesiaOverall: 135 x 27 in. (3 m 42.901 cm x 68.58 cm)Cotton and metal-wrapped cotton yarn

TAMPAN Lampung textiles were known as 'ship cloths'

because ships are a common motif. The ship motif represents the transition from one realm of life to the next, for instances from childhood to and adult, from being single to married and also represents the final transition to the afterlife.

They were worn or displayed during ceremonies or used as dowry items.

Gifts presented during marriages were wrapped in the tampan.

Traditional weaving tools.