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A FINE LOMBOK CEREMONIAL CLOTH (usap), the wo

Currency:AUD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:200.00 AUD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 AUD
A FINE LOMBOK CEREMONIAL CLOTH (usap), the wo
A FINE LOMBOK CEREMONIAL CLOTH (usap),
the woven hand spun cotton panel with natural polychrome dyes, 43x41cm
Provenance: From an Australian collection For another example c.f. Australian National Gallery Cat Ref 1984.615 Note: "...the usap of Lombok are small supplementary weave clothes which are rarely worn but are used for similar functions during the tradition rites of the lifecycle-tooth filing, circumcision, first hair cutting, marriage arrangements and funerals...tampan are no longer woven at all..." Maxwell, R. 1990, Textiles of Southeast Asia; Tradition, Trade and Transformation, Australian National Gallery, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, p. 172