Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth rattle org/en/EA/59/42)

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Trade beads served as a crucial medium of barter within and between communities and are considered among the earliest forms of long-distance exchange

an elongated body

each maintaining a shared artistic tradition and communal identity

Sumatran Lampung Tampan Ship Cloth rattle org/en/EA/59/42)Abung, Pubian, or Paminggir People, c. 18501880 AD, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia A mesmerizing ceremonial textile (tampan) from the Lampung region of southern Sumatra, masterfully woven with finely detailed human figures, mythical creatures, and ancestral shrines. The architectural form depicted likely represents the rumah poyangancestor houses built as memorialscharacterized by pole supported frames with towering conical roofs. The multi tiered