Long, rectangular, woven cotton decorated with resist dyed decoration on a light blue ground. The textile has been hemmed on 3 sides. The fourth side is formed by the selvedge. The decoration consist of a white repeat animal motif stencilled on the cloth with starch to create six rows against the coloured ground. At both shorter sides is a plain blue stripe. The textile has been darned in numerous places.
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