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Image from page 116 of "Handbook to the ethnographical collections" (1910)

Identifier: handbooktoethnog00brit
Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945
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Publisher: [London : Printed by order of the Trustees]
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Fig. 75.—Kris with damascenedblade and ivory hilt. Java. 94 ASIA a pattern is dyed on the warp before weaving, portions Ijeingreserved by binding tightly with bark so that they shall not absorbthe dye. In Java patterns in several colours are applied to thecompleted fabric, the portions of cloth which it is desired to re-serve from the action of a given dye being covered with wax ; afterthe cloth has been dipped the wax is removed by boiling; the pro-

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a h c Fig. 76.—Indonesian swords, a. Celebes, h. Timor, c. Timor. cess is repeated for each colour, and the cloth is called hatil. Bark-cloth is made in every island. Pottery is not made to any greatextent except by the Mala3^s and certain communities amongthe Igorot. As regards metal, the early Mentawi Islanders andthe Toala were stone-age j^eoples, but everywhere else the artof metal-working is practised, and in places reaches a very highlevel; the Malaj^s, Kenyah-Kayan, and some of the Philippine INDONESIA 95 Islanders make beautiful kris- and sword-blades, and the gold- andsilver-work of the first is famous ; the Javanese and Moros castand bore cannon and even the Igorot cast brass by the cire j)erdueprocess. Kafts are found among the Sakai, small dug-outs, with

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