792 Antique Sumatran Tampan Ship Cloth with Silk Weaving

Unique Tampan Ship cloth from Sumatra with broad borders.

The silk weaving suggests that it belonged to a noble wealthy family

Fine Cotton base

People arranged in a hierarchical structure to represent the family tree.

Excellent frame-able Artwork perfect as wall art!

Large – 41cm x 36 cm

Estimated to be from the early 1900s

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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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