Ceremonial hanging: detail, left side

Published/Created:

Indonesia, Sumatra: South Lampung, Semangka Bay
ca. 1800-1900

Physical Description:

67.7 x 245.1 cm

Materials:

cotton, supplementary weft

Notes:

Palepai, like tampan, were used on ceremonial occasions, but their use was restricted to the nobility. They were hung as a backdrop to the owner during marriage ceremonies, formal public gatherings...and for death rites.-- Jessup, Court Arts of Indonesia,

Variant Titles:

Palepai

Topics:

Textiles -- Southeast Asia -- Indonesia -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

2887-031

Genre:

textiles (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Jessup, Court Arts of Indonesia, 1990

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Collection of Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 205999

OID:

476307

PID:

digcoll:1889321