bark cloth
Americannoun
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any cloth, as tapa, made by soaking and pounding the inner bark of certain trees.
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fabric woven to resemble such cloth, used for upholstery, bedcovers, etc.
noun
Example Sentences
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Another striking piece - which is different to his usual work - is a woman's traditional dress that Oloya has made from bark cloth.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
Oloya uses them as symbols of modernity and plastic waste from outside Africa, which contrast vividly with the organic bark cloth that comes from inside the continent.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
The mountain villagers project their landscape on to bark cloth.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
Large squares on bark cloth made by the villagers remind him of Malevich's squares or "Papova's perhaps."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
She was wrapped in a rough bark cloth and wore no shoes; yet she did not look poor.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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