This garment was collected by C.P. van Strien a Dutch official in Kolonodale who was appointed in c. 1945. It was noted that because of the Second World War there was no cotton material for clothing so people wore bark bast garments instead.
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Square of bark bast with a hand painted design of rosettes and flowering plants flanked by a border of connecting diamonds. The complete design is worked in black ochre green and brown paint.