Tapis Inuh Panel
Ceremonial garment, Sumatra, Indonesia, 18th cent.
Technique: Silk silk floss embroidery, mica and flat metal strips on cotton ground.
19th century
Design: The embroidered bands show a procession of ceremonial boats that appear also as bird forms. Transformation is a frequent theme in Lampong art and there appears to be a clear indication of this both in the ambiguity of the forms and in the dense working of the embroidery.
Condition: Good, some wear and holes
Dimensions: 4' x 8" ( 122 x 20 cm ), 4' 3" x 11" ( 130 x 28 cm ) mounted
#17752

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