Ceremonial textile, C19th, Lampung, Sumatra. Tampan were used for rites of passage ceremonies, as the focal point for ritual meals, the seat for elders overseeing traditional law, and tied to newly-built houses. Those woven in blue depict the secular realm, those in red the sacred. Examples from the mountainous interior show stylised natural or domestic subjects and geometric designs, while those from the coast (tampan pasisir) display richly detailed scenes of ships and other motifs. The ship, the main motif, symbolises movement, appropriate to the rites of passage rituals.

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Size: 5906px × 5638px
Location: Sumatra, Indonesia, Lampung
Photo credit: © ethnografia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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