Tampan Pasisir, Paired Elephants

Paminggir people, South Coast of Lampung
17th-early 19th C. C14 Test ETH-71540
Cotton, supplementary weft weave
28 x 28 in (71 x 71 cm)

EX COLLECTION:
G.H.R von Koenigswald; Dr J.B. Lueth

PUBLISHED:
Woven Messages; Brigitte Kahn Majalis, 1991, plate 78, pg 100

An exceptionally rare and beautiful Pasisir Tampan featuring paired Elephants and Ancestors; This ritual cloth has an important double provenance, was published and exhibited in multiple museums in Germany.