Rare Silk Tampan Ship cloth from Sumatra
The silk weaving suggests that it belonged to a noble / wealthy family
Fine Cotton base. The rust color of the silk shows a nice fading. Superbly set-off with burnt-yellow borders.
People arranged in three hierarchical structure to represent the family tree.
Excellent frame-able Artwork perfect as wall art!
Estimated to be from the early 1900s or before
59 X 59 cm
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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.
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