barkcloth; textile; tapa

Almost square piece of cream barkcloth. The textile might have been part of a larger piece, as some of the painted patterns appear to have been cut. The design consist of subdivisions, and a few zigzag and circular motifs painted in black. The smaller sections are filled with brown triangles, diamonds, bands/stripes and diagonals.These show through on the reverse. On 2 sides the textile is framed by a solid black line.

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