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birch bark (plant material)


Identification code: 300379355



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  • bark, birch
  • birch-bark
  • birchbark

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Thin sheets peeled from the inner bark of the birch tree and prepared by drying and treating with oil. Used as a material used as a textile, writing paper and other purposes in India and the Far East from at least the 2nd century BCE.

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