1993 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth Indonesian Textile Art

$1,600.00

Superb Ship Cloth Tampan from Sumatra

Symmetric Layout with a large motif with several different animals / birds & humans

Well developed horizontal borders.

Single color except for horizontal borders. Note the little checkerboards with yellow, blue & red in the border - this is most unusual 

Has signs of usage & wear

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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