bark-cloth

Under this a skin or bark-cloth vest may or may not be worn.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

She is dressed in a much ornamented bark-cloth dress, and wears two silver beads tied round her neck by a piece of blue cotton, in addition to very large earrings.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

In nearly all the houses a woman was weaving bark-cloth, with the hook which holds the web fixed into the ground several feet outside the house.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

All Aino women understand the making of bark-cloth.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

These mats and the bark-cloth are really their only manufactures.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

Among the well-clothed Ainos in the yard there was one smooth-faced, smooth-skinned, concave-chested, spindle-limbed, yellow Japanese, with no other clothing than the decorated bark-cloth apron which the Ainos wear in addition to their coats and leggings.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

They sell mats and bark-cloth in the piece, and made up, when they can, and their husbands do not take their earnings from them.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

Tightly-fitting leggings, either of bark-cloth or skin, are worn by both sexes, but neither shoes nor sandals.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

Moreover, as population and luxury have increased on the line of route, bark-cloth has disappeared and even the slaves are dressed in cottons.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Emwaya drew a bark-cloth blanket over her father and signed to Seyganko that he should leave them.

Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993