Black and Red Geometric Tapa Cloth

A very large painted tapa cloth, made from pieces of inner bark…
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A very large painted tapa cloth, made from pieces of inner bark after being soaked, dried, beaten and glued together, entirely painted in black with red geometric motifs. Approx. 449 x 4,20 cm

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