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Show 5 PAPERMAKIN I INDO-CHIN stroke of the pestle to overcome the spring resistance o thebamboo from whichithangs. As the pestle reaches th cavity of the stone receptacle the worker gives it a rotating motion thatdrives the pulp to the sides of the mortar an a&ion that hastens the maceration. With the constan adding of bark the beating becomes moreintense and th boy is constantly occupied in removing the semibeate pulp from the inner walls of the mortar and throwing i into the center so that the material is pounded overan overagain. The preparation of about twenty-two pound of moist bark pulp requires from an hourand a halfto tw hours of continuous beating. In operating the large typ of stamper, Photograph8 the same procedure s followe in regard to charging the mortar with bark, scraping th pulp from thesides,and throwingitinto the centerof th stone receptacle for further maceration. The improve stamper differs from the older hand-operated pestle onl in so far as the later appliance is aétuated by men or boy treading on the beam that supports the pestle,allowing i to fall upon the bark without much exertion on the par of the workers; also, the pestle being heavier and extending over more surface a greater amount of papermakin stock can be prepared in the same length of time. Thi type of stamper is not unlike the dAeza of India and it i reasonable to suggest that the implement found its wa into Indo-China from eastern India. The stamper of thi type had its originin Chinaand was laterintroduced int Kashmir, northern India, where water power was used. I Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |