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Some cloths, which may be classed as native produc- 
tions are often not woven in Malaya, but merely deco- 
rated there. To this class frequently belong the gold- 
stamped and “ rainbow " cloths. In the case of the 
former, the material is sometimes a polished silk cloth 
of Bugis (Celebes) make, or a cotton imitation 
made in Trenganu. The colour of such cloths is 
dark blue or black, often with a slight plaid pattern, 
and they are starched and polished before the patterns 
are applied- This is' done by means of carved, wooden 
stamps which are treated with gum, the design being 
built up bit by bit. Gold leaf is then laid on the 
impressions and, when the pattern is dry, any super- 
fluity is cleaned off and the cloth again polished; this 
is done with the aid of a large cowry shell fixed 
to a spring-beam. The European cloths which are 
printed in Java are also sometimes over-printed in 
this manner. Gilded cloths are made in Selangor, in 
Kedah, in Negri Sembilan and in Pahang. The gendral 
effect of such cloths is pleasant, but, as they cannot 
be washed, they are not very practical and are used, 
chiefly by royalty and nobility, only on high days and 
holidays. 
The basis of the rainbow cloths is often a thin white 
Japanese or Chinese silk. Patterns are marked on the 
cloth by means of wooden stamps’ smeared with a red 
pigment, and when the design has been thus built up, 
the patterns are carefully tied up in pieces of the skin 
of the banana leaf-stalk and the cloth dyed to 
give it its ground colour. The wrappings are then 
undone and, as the patteriis have been protected 
against the dye, they have remained white. Any 
colours which are desired are then put in by means of 
a brush. In Trengganu the cloth employed is some- 
