Smithsonian Report, 1957. — McClure 



Plate 4 





1. As demonstrated by this baml srorki i a1 Chittagong, East Pakistan, who is making 



lashings to take the place of nails, no complicated or costly machinery is required to process 

 bamboo for building purposes. 



!. Aged cooper making bamboo hoopstock at Oimachi, Japan. The versatility of bamboo 



is explored by the skill and ingenuity of the craftsman in adapting his simple tools to the 



processing the culms. (Photograph by P. H. Dorsett, from the U. S. Department 



