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Show PAPERMAKING IN INDO-CHIN 5 Forming the Sheets of Paper on the Mould Previous to being made into the finest paper the pul receives a final washing. For this process the macerate bark or bamboo is held in close-woven wicker baskets o in jute bagsand cautionis taken to prevent the loss of th delicate fibers while the baskets or bags are suspended i arunning stream The vats of Indo-China are made of wooden plank pegged together and are of larger construction than th dipping receptacles of other Asiatic countries; the size o the Tonkin vats is about four feet in width, ten to twelv feetin length,and approximately two and one halffeeti depth. Several women work at thesamevat,a custom als peculiar to the Indo-Chinese papermaking centers. A the time of my visits to the paper villages,in 193 5, ther were twenty vatsin operation with about seventy wome working at the dippingand couching, both aétions bein performed by the same worker. After filling the vat wit clear water it is charged with sufficient pulp to form th proper consistency for making into paper. The sizing i next added to the pulp in the amount of size extracte from one pound of dry cay 770 shavings to as much pul as can be made from thirty pounds of dry bark The three seétions of the mould-lower mould-frame «laid" bamboo mould-cover, and upper deckle-frame, in their proper positions, are held firmly in the hands o the vat-woman; the implement is now dipped into th Digtal image © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |
