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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Kalianda region?
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Lampung
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Sumatra
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Indonesia
- Date
- late 19th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- cotton, natural dyes; supplementary weft weaving
- Dimensions
- 77.5 x 288.0 cm
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 118.2003
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About
This palepai is decorated with a design of four squares containing red ships carrying buildings and stylised human figures wearing horned headdresses and animals. The spots on the boats, the wave-like borders, and the triangles edging the fabric are all characteristics of Kalianda palepai. The design is somewhat unusual, and the use of square designs resembles tampan textile production. Several tampans are woven as a single piece of cloth and then cut apart into individual textiles. The natural dye colours of the supplementary threads – red, blue, ochre, cream – are typical of palepai.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 2011.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Symbols and Ceremonies: Indonesian Textile Traditions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 2006–28 May 2006
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021