<?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">bark cloth</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>tapa</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>bark beaters</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>bark paper</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>textile materials by composition or origin</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bark paper</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>beaten bark cloth</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>beaten bark-cloth</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cloth, bark</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>paper, bark</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Bark cloth can be painted, stamped, embroidered, or cut and sewn as patchwork although it is relatively fragile, especially when wet. Used in many places arond the globe. An example is the cloth once used in almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, being reported as early as the mid-16th century in Liberia; today it is found in Ghana and Nigeria. ]]></note></mads>