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Show 5 PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN pomade for the hair. In Tndo-China the sizing substanc closely follows China, beinga viscous wood thatisknow as cay mo. The Anamese papermakers procure the woo of this tree from foresters who cut it into convenient log and bring them down from the mountains. The section are then reduced to chips and shavings that are subjecte to a soaking in fresh water for twenty-four hours. Thi steeping process produces the sizing liquid so necessar in the making of the papers of Indo-China The Papermaking Moulds of Indo-Chin The papers of Indo-China are formed on moulds tha resemble those of China, the most noticeable differenc being that in Indo-China the loose deckle-sticks of th most common technique of China are not employed. A pictured in Photograph g, the wooden deckle-frame i asingle section joined together and adts asa boundary around three sides of the «laid" bamboo mould-cover, th open side depending upon a reed laced to the long side o the edge of the mould-cover, parallel to the «laid-lines. The reed holds the pulp within bounds on the fourth, o open deckle side, of the mould. Bamboo splints, finel drawn, form the «laid-lines" of the mould-covers, an coarse horschair is used in lacing these splints together forming the «chain-lines." The common dimensions o the paper made by the Anamese and Tonkinesein Yén Thai and Lang-Buoi are 10 by 24 and 12 by 26 inches the workers will probably never deviate from these sizes Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights ressrved |