id:			151375
accession number:	1983.215
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.215
updated:		2019-05-20 09:56:35.421000

Tapis (Garment), 1800s. Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th century. Tabby weave, warp ikat; cotton / embroidery; silk; overall: 130.2 x 117.8 cm (51 1/4 x 46 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1983.215

title:				Tapis (Garment)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th century
technique:	tabby weave, warp ikat; cotton / embroidery; silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 130.2 x 117.8 cm (51 1/4 x 46 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA Year in Review for 1983, [Feb. 22 - April 8, 1984].<br>CMA, Textile Corridor, Indonesian Textiles, [6/83-5/84]<br>CMA, Gal. 106, "Resist-dyed Textiles from India, Indonesia, and Cambodia," [6/22/93-3/27/95].

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
"Tapis" from central and southern Sumatra combine warp ikat with embroidery.  The angular, geometric designs of the warp ikat can be traced back to the bronze age culture of China.  During the first millennium B.C., elements of that culture spread to Indonesia where they survived in remote areas well into the 20th century.

Completely different are the mysterious, curvilinear forms of the embroidered bands.  Some of these have become too abstracted to identitfy; but others can be recognized as human figures wearing the feathered and horned headdresses of head-hunting rituals.  Embroidery designs were presented by a man to his prospective bride, and their motifs were inspired by activities specifically performed by men, such as wood carving, metalwork, and headhunting.
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