Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia but by the late 20th

but by the late 20th century the full system could be observed only in Kerek

presenting each object with impeccable photographs

the aristocracy

Pola dan motifnya mengungkapkan berbagai identitas lokal mereka

Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia but by the late 20thLocated 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