1824 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth color_multi Traditional geometric motifs that are

Traditional geometric motifs that are signatures of identity of the community along with many random animal motifs

traces of ritual use

Handwriting in black ink

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This piece is estimated to be from the late 19th century or earlier

1824 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth color_multi Traditional geometric motifs that areAntique Ship Cloth Tampan from Sumatra Layout with motifs in four quadrants The main field shows 4 houses with human figures within all created in rust red Well developed blue borders. My first impression was that because the river like lines are irregular (as they are neither straight nor perfect zigzags) this might be the work of a novice. But the precision with which the irregular lines are all parallel to each other makes me think that this is an