Rectangular cream barkcloth with painted decoration in red and black. The textile has 2 square pieces of cotton(?) textile sewn onto the surface to reinforce weak areas. The decoration has been applied over the whole piece. The patterning consists of a centre black circular motif with a red circular motif either side. 2 further red circular motifs are placed on the other sides toward the edges. The remainder of the textile is covered with X-shaped motifs, and triangular, some circular and rectangular outlines in both colours. The whole textile is surrounded by a red outline.
textile; barkcloth
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