<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">birch bark</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>birchbark boxes</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>mococks</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Betula</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>bark</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bark, birch</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>birch-bark</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>birchbark</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>