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Show 5+ The maceration of bark by the ancient method o using astone mortarand wooden pestle, yielded by hand the pestle is hung from an elastic bamboo support tha naturally makes the beating less arduous. The boy in th center of the picture keeps the bark in constant contac with the falling pestle. This form of beating dates fro thesecond century and is still pradticed in some localitie of Ghina. This photograph was made in Lang-Buoi 6. An early method of macerating papermakingstoc still used in China, India, and Indo-China. The worke is treading old waste paper that has been moistened wit water. In nearly all parts of the Orient discarded writte and printed paperis reclaimed for making into sheets o usable paper. In reducing waste paper to pulp the labou required isinsignificant compared to the beating of bark Paper made in Indo-China from reclaimed waste is use chiefly for ceremonial purposes and for making into fire crackers. Photograph made in the village of Yén-Thai 7. The improved stamper of helve hammer principl is actuated by two men treading upon the end of the lon wooden beam that raises the huge pestle. Thisis the sam action as the hand method shown in Photograph 5. Thi «machine" is founded on the old dkenka of India, which in turn, was adapted from the ancient stamper of China 8. Another view of the type of stamper used in IndoChina. With the improved stamper the workers are abl to produceabout twenty-two pounds of moist bark pul inan hourand a half to two hours of continuous beating "This photograph was made in Lang-Buoi, one of the ol Villages du Papierin Tonkin, Indo-China Digital mage© 2005 Marriott ibrary University of Utah, Allrihts reserved |