1827 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth

Large Ship Cloth Tampan from Sumatra

Amazing creativity in the depiction of crabs or spiders ....

Several human motifs

Well developed vertical and horizontal borders.

Mainly single color except for the single line of blue in the top and the bottom border.

75 x 70cm

Has signs of usage

Late 1800s

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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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