1824 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth color_multi Last image shows a green

Last image shows a green backing for illustrative purposes only

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

No damage noted

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traces of ritual use

1824 Antique Sumatra Tampan Ship Cloth color_multi Last image shows a greenAntique 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