Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Valerie Hector

Valerie Hector

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Between the 16th and 19th centuries

Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Valerie HectorLocated 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