FRAGMENT OF NARRATIVE CLOTH PAINTING IN LINEAR DESIGN OF MYTHICAL ORIGIN. TWO BLACK DOGS WITH GAPING JAWS AND TWO OTHER DEMONIC FIGURES OF WOMEN WITH BULGING EYES AND BULBOUS NOSES DOMINATE THE SCENE PAINTED AGAINST WHITE BACKGROUND. PREDOMINANTLY IN BLACK AND RED WITH ADDED COLORING OF BLUE, YELLOW, AND BROWN. BACKGROUND DECORATION WITH CLOUDS, FLOWERING TREES, AND OTHER SYM- BOLS. USED FOR DECORATION OF TEMPLE AND OTHER STRUCTURES ON RITUAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHCRAFT. LARGE WOLFLIKE DOGS SYMBOLIZE POWER AND FORCE. UNMOUNTED. LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY. REF.:CELEBRATION:A WORLD OF ART AND RITUAL (EXHIBIT CATALOG). SI PRESS, 1982,P.50; DONOR'S COLLECTION INFORMATION SHEETS.
