260 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vor,. IX, 
I could not pay her another visit, she said that she would do 
her best. 
On resuming work, the pot was carefully removed from 
the tray, placed upside down on the potter’s knee, and its 
base beaten into shape externally with a wooden implement 
(péncpak} used like a bat, but shaped like a Malay working- 
knife. 
vessel but the inside, particularly at the bottom, still 
remained in a rough state. In the finishing of the interior 
a rough circlet of brass was the chief implement used. This 
was like a flattened bracelet and fairly sharp at the edges. 
The implement, which is called péngukut, was grasped firmly 
with the right hand so that about half of it projected beyond 
the knuckles, and, with the edge of this projecting portion 
the superfluous clay on the inside of the vessel was rapidly 
scraped away, the action being similar to that used in 
scraping out the contents of a gourd. When sufficient clay 
had been removed, the interior of the vessel was moistened 
with water with the hand and finished off with the polishing- 
stone. 
The vessel was then set aside to dry, until ready for 
firing. The length of the time before firing takes place 
appears, on average, to be about a week, but a good deal 
depends on the state of the weather. Pots are kept under 
cover while drying. 
While in the neighbourhood of Kuala Tembeling, i had 
no opportunity of seeing pottery fired, but I understand that 
the vessels are heaped up, one on top of another, in a pile 
and are then protected by a four-sided structure built up of 
pieces ol wood placed across and across. Around this a 
stack of wood is heaped up, and the whole pile ignited. The 
colour of the pottery after firing changes from yellow to red 
ochre 
‘The chief types of vessel made are the open cooking- 
bowl (b/anga), which sometimes has a cover, the water-gourd 
(labu tanah), the large cooking-pot (p&rick) and the wide- 
