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The four-legged coconut-graters from the north, too, 
are frequently carved to represent animals, while I 
have seen a beautiful specimen, with foliate carvings, 
from Negri Sembilan. 
Wood-carving patterns, like those of Malay silver,, 
are chiefly foliate. The designs do not stand out in very 
high relief, but the work is not usually of the nature 
of chip-carving. The lotus motif can be fairly 
frequently recognised. 
Basketry. The Malays are fairly expert at basket- 
work, and use it for all sorts of purposes, 
but very little of the basketry is of high artistic merit. 
The chief materials used are rattan cane, bamboo and 
strips of the stalks of a plant which is’ called bemban 
( Clinogyne grandis), while the stems of certain kinds 
of ferns were used for the finest work. Formerly, 
fine, round, covered rattan baskets were made for 
holding clothes, and Malay caps were beautifully 
woven out of fern stems. This fine work seems, 
however, to be almost a lost art. 
