Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Located between the two maritime

Located between the two maritime routes connecing East and West Asia

they also protect it during all phases of life through their language of magic symbols

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and present-day contexts of these extraordinary textiles

Publication date: 2009

Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Located between the two maritimeLocated between the two maritime routes connecing East and West Asia, Sumatra, the fabled Isle of Gold, was for centuries the source for much of the world's pepper. In the southern tip of Sumatra, the peoples of Lampung, or "Pepperland," poured the profits of their trade into ceremonial materials and adornments. The ornate tubular sarongs known as tapis were hand woven from cotton and silk threads, colored with ancestral dye recipes, embellished with