Ship cloth (palepai)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontally rectangular panel with a "ship of the dead" design. A large symmetrical ship carrying three highly stylized figures and surrounded by abstracted waves. Design in dark blue, brick red, and white with metallic details on an undyed cotton ground. Umbrella-like forms on ship could be ancestor shrines.
Credit Line
AU PANIER FLEURI FUND
19th century
Accession Number
1957-73-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
woven textiles
Ship cloth (palepai)
Medium
Medium: cotton, silk, metallic threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)
Dimensions
H x W: 82.2 x 168 cm (32 3/8 x 66 1/8 in.)
made in
Lampung, Indonesia
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Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1957-73-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45c3fe2e3-b8a3-4557-966c-1f44971001bd
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