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on one margin, drawn in India ink, and a Pali inscription. Length, 

 18 inches; width, 27 inches. Laos, Further India. (Cat. No. 217651, 



U.S.N.M.) 



344. "Naga cloth."— Piece of bleached muslin. The edges are 

 inscribed in squares or checkers. The center is filled with four 

 seated figures in witness position and four standing ones, inclosed 

 within a garland. The designs are painted in yellow and vermilion. 

 18 inches square. Laos, Further India. (Cat. No. 217652, U.S.N.M.) 



345. "Naga cloth."— Piece of cotton with inscribed squares and 

 adorned with figures of men, birds, and fishes and floral designs. 

 Length, 17 inches; width, 36 inches. Laos, Further India. (Cat. 

 No. 217653, U.S.N.M.) 



346-349. Native medicine— Four bags containing from 4 to 24 

 different substances, as various woods, bones, pieces of Buddha's 

 alms bowl, etc. These are rubbed on a stone, and the resulting 

 powder washed off in water which is given to the patient to drink. 

 Each bag is labeled and selected according to the sickness. Laos, 

 Further India. (Cat. No. 217654, U.S.N.M.) 



350. Piece of oval sandstone.— Cut out on the upper surface. Sup- 

 posed to have been used for grinding or rubbing medicine, but more 

 probably for sharpening some instrument. Length, 3 inches; width. 

 1£ inches. Laos, Further India. (Cat. No. 217655, U.S.N.M.) 



"351. Kakemono— Representing Buddha in the center surrounded 

 by saints or Bodhisattvas. Painted in gold and various colors, 

 The style much resembles that of the illuminated missals of the 

 Middle Ages. A Kakemono is a scroll of paper or cloth, with a 

 picture or inscription painted or printed upon one side. The designs 

 are usually religious. They are rolled upon a cylindrical stick, and 

 are intended to be hung upon the wall. Japan. (Cat. No. 305813, 

 U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs H. B. Buckingham and Isabel C. Freeman. 

 352.' Kakemono.— Representing Buddha with 12 saints or arhats. 

 The faces are painted white, the caps red, the robes yellow, the halos 

 light green. China (?). (Cat. No. 154273, U.S.N.M.) 



& 353. Kakemono.— Monochrome. Representing Daruma by Toteku 

 the Unkoku School (1538-1610 A. D.). Daruma was the twenty- 

 eighth Buddhist patriarch. He arrived in China in 520 A. D. and 

 converted the then emperor. It is said he came to Japan in 613 

 A. D. and died there. During nine years he sat in profound medita- 

 tion, neither moving or speaking, and when he returned to conscious- 

 ness of his surroundings his legs had become paralyzed owing to their 

 long disuse. He is often depicted in a humorous manner, with a 

 comical head and round body, without arms and legs, which are 

 supposed to have withered away from disuse. Japan. (Cat. No. 

 154273, U.S.N.M.) 



