This ceremonial cloth or ‘tampan’ depicts two ships at the top and bottom. They carry a huge stylised superstructure decorated with diamond patterning, as well as house-like constructions, that are probably representations of ancestral shrines. Such ceremonial cloths could be used as gifts, covers for ritual offerings or pillows for the deceased. It is normally woven using the supplementary weft technique, where additional horizontal threads create patterns over the top of the ground weave.
