Long rectangular cream barkcloth with painted decoration in black and brown. The textile is decorated with a centre panel and borders. The border at both shorter ends runs across the whole width of the tapa. It consists of a zigzag between 2 dentate borders. The centre panel consists of 3 bands decorated in black. One consists of wide diagonals. A dentated band separates this from the other wider band containing black triangles which create an overall diamond pattern. The fine borders consists of dotted bands. The wide cream band decorated with 2 different star-shaped motifs.
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