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been told, by drawing a tightly-stretched thread over 
the wet clay to form a pattern of cuts. Many Perak 
vessels are fluted, the flutings being added after the 
pot has been shaped. Occasionally pots are sculptured. 
The nature of the material used in potting varies a 
good deal. Pahang pottery, after baking, assumes a 
reddish colour, while that from Perak tends to be grey, 
though it is purposely blackened afterwards. The ware 
produced in Kelantan is also reudish and contains 
flakes of mica. Pottery from Negri Sembilan is 
usually light coloured. Both in Perak and Pahang the 
clay is pounded before use and impurities, as far as 
possible, removed from it. , 
Methods of firing are very simple. In Perak, a 
small rectangular pit is dug and in this' the pots are 
baked among heaped-up wood. 
Perak pottery is built up of successive rings of clay, 
the upper edge of each ring being thinned off and bent 
inwards. Pahang water-gourds are made in two pieces, 
base and top, which are subsequently joined together. 
Embroidery- Embroidery is used for a good many 
purposes. Formerly belts, and some- 
times clothes,, were covered with elaborate embroidered 
designs, but nowadays the articles which are most 
frequently embroidered are dish-covers, pillow-ends, 
fans, the uppers of slippers, ceremonial mats, hangings, 
and coverings for water-jars and betel-boxes. One 
may say that all the finer work is for ceremonial use 
only. 
To-day embroidery which stands out rather strongly 
in relief is more fashionable than the old Style, which 
was much flatter and, in my opinion, much to be 
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