Greetings card of bamboo pulp - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 33932 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE | Entry Book Number | 1.1939 | |
| Artefact Name | Greetings card of bamboo pulp | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Greetings card of bamboo pulp | Geography Description | India, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent | ||
| Uses | Greetings card of bamboo pulpUse: MATERIALS User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Gilmour JSL | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Indian paper made by villagers mainly from bamboo pulp (as illustrated) One of the most interesting of the Indian Village Industries is the paper mill. In the picture below the artist has tried to bring to you a representation of such a mil, l. The man you see on the left is pounding into pulp pieces of bamboo, bark, gunny, rags, bits of rope, grass and other fibrous material. After the pulp has been beaten to a fine consistency it is treated with caustic soda to bleach the mass. From this, bleach it is put into a vat of clean pure water. The pulp is dipped from the vat with a screen made from reeds woven together with horse hair. This drains the bulk of the water from the pulp mass. The pulp is then removed from the screen by placing a, piece of cloth over it as the pulp adheres to the coarser material it is very easily removed. After the water has drained off, the cloth with paper is hung up to dry and when thoroughly dry the paper is stripped from the cloth. If a glazed surface is d, esired the paper is polished with smooth shells, glass or other smooth surfaces. | ||||