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Explanations of Plates 1 to 4. 



Plate 1. Lace-makers from Pringgit, Malacca. 

 Plate 2. a to d show evolution of pattern in 4 strips of 

 "biku." 

 a 3 pointed fan (klpas) 9 bobbins employed. 

 b 5 pointed fan, 1 1 bobbins employed. 

 c 5 pointed fan and bar (prut lintah) 15 bobbins 



employed. 

 d 5 pointed fan and bars forming a four-pointed 

 star (bunga tanjong) 19 bobbins employed. 

 e & f Two strips of insertions composed of cloth stitch 

 diamonds (anyam krosi) alternating with six 

 pointed stars (bunga tanjong). The ground 

 work of c to f is composed of fastening stitches 

 (ikatan). 

 Plate 3. Wide trouser border at least fifty years old. Pat- 

 tern "siku keluwang" (bat's wing). 

 Plate 4. Malacca Lace bobbin. 



R, A. Soc., No. 45, 1905. 



