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A10554 Ceremonial textile (palepai), cotton, Lampung Region, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900.
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Object statement
Ceremonial textile (palepai), cotton, Lampung Region, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900.
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
This rare palepai is decorated with rows of stylised human figures standing in ships. The ship is a symbol of transition in many parts of Indonesia. Ship cloths are present during the rites of passage such as birth, circumcision, tooth-filing, marriage and particularly funerals, when the ship transports the soul of the deceased onto the next realm. Palepai also feature in ceremonies declaring the rank of Paminggir leaders.

This textile was made 1850-1900.

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Description
Ceremonial textile (palepai), cotton, Lampung Region, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900.

Rectangular shaped woven home spun cotton textile with supplementary weft in earth colours of dark blue, browns, red and rich yellow. Features various ship symbols which relate to life-crisis ritual.

Made: Lampung, Indonesia; 1850 - 1900
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
A10554
Production date
1850 - 1900
Height
710 mm
Width
3110 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1984

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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+ Ceremonies and rites
+ Ships
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/170203 |title=A10554 Ceremonial textile (palepai), cotton, Lampung Region, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900. |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=20 June 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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