uganda bark-cloth

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun a felt-like material which consists of several layers of the inner bark of species of Brachystegia, especially B. spiæformis and B. appendiculata, forest-trees of tropical Africa: used by the natives of Uganda and other regions near the east coast for clothing. bags, and other domestic purposes. The bark is rendered very soft and pliable by being pounded with grooved mallets and it is usually dyed or superficially stained a brick-red color with the juice of the tree itself.