2 pieces of the same cream barkcloth with stencilled decoration in black and brown. Seemingly part of a longer textile with fine fringing at the longer sides. The slightly squarer piece is decorated with stripes and bands surrounding an area containing a bird, several diamond motifs, and what appear to be a cruciform motif. The bands/stripes contain variations on x-shaped motifs, triangles, diamonds, lattice and grid patterns. The other, more rectangular section consists of stripes/ bands decorated with the same patterns.
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