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Show Many Put in Work on Bamboo Carving When you gaze upon a beautiful piece of bamboo carving, which Is to be seen generally ln the Oriental sec-Uodb sec-Uodb of the museums, you are behold-Inj behold-Inj the work not of one man but of many. Each workman has his specialty spe-cialty and when he does his share ot work he passes the piece over to another, an-other, who does that part which he Is especially trained for. The man who doet the Chinese character does nothing else. Another does mountain icenery and If there are any animals Introduced Into the landscape they are cut by another, while portraits are taken care of by a workman who does no other-kind of work. Before the work is laid out, the surface of the bamboo Is treated by a rubbing process which proceeds with the aid of a brick of fine clay and the operation hikes place under water. After it Is carefully dried It Is turned over to the artist who marks out the design from one workman to another as Indicated ibove. |