Ritual Cloth with Prancing Horses (Tampan)

Paminggir Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, Semangka Bay

Date

19th century

Medium

Lower portion: Cotton, silk, linen? gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning, and brocading wefts with supplementary two-stand weft twining C.I.E.T.A.: Toile lancé, broché Upper portion: Cotton (handspun), silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped ?, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts C.I.E.T.A.: Toile lancé

Dimensions

86 × 70 cm (33 7/8 × 27 5/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection