CARPENTRY.
Jewellery.
Carpentry.
Beat and Shipbuilding.
obtained from Biliton and Celebes, which is worked tip-With the iroh,' in
older to produce the damasked appearance of the blade.
Copper is manufactured into the kettles andjpots employed by the natives
for cooking ; most of the other domestic vessels are of brass, which is manufactured
into1 various1-other articles, from the smallest^ shch as buttons,
ear-studs, and^bther ornaments,''in imitation of - the-gold patterns, to brass
guns of considerable calibre,' employed-for the defence of small vessels. A
very extensive foundery of this • kind -is ^established àt Grésik. From the
Specimen of the casts in brass, GOpper^'&e.i which arc occasionally dug
up near many of the ruinous temples sacred to -the ancient worship of the
country, we may assert, that great'proficiency was oné'e attained in this art :
like that, however, of stone-cutting," it has -very much décïlnëdfû*»
1 Gold and silver, as is well known, are wrought by the ’-nativés of the
Eastern Islands into exquisite ornaments ; and the Javans ale by*®o means
behind their neighbours, ttfe Sumatrans, in ihë*'kriowledge o f1 this manu*
facture. -Tftey’cTo'riotj' however, 'usuallÿ work the gold into' those beautiful
filigree* patterns described as comm'on among-the Mhlayics on Sumatra, nor
is their work generally So fine.
Diamond-cutters, and persons drilled in theknowledge of putting precious,
stones, are also to be found inthe principal capitals.
■ Carving in wood is followed as a particular' profession, -arid the Javansmay
be pbnsidêred as expert in all kinds pf carpenter5^ w'prkç .'but more particu*
larly in cabinet-work. They imitate any pattern, and ^thè5 furniture used
by ithe Europeans in the eastern part "of the -island is almost .éx<'6lu&ivélÿ
of their Workmanship. - The- annexed plate exMbitSJthê varions toqls employed'
by them.* Carriages and. öthér yehi'cféè are also manufaettfred - by
the natives after the European fashion;. j
Boat and ship-building is an art in which the Javans are tolerably ivell
versed, particularly the former. Thé latter is confined principally to those
districts in which the Europeans have built ships; for the Javans have
seldom attempted*’ the- construction of square-rigged vessels on their own
account. The best carpenters* for ship-building are found in #eldistricts of.
Rèmbâng and Grésik, but small native vessels and boats are continually
constructed by the natives in almost every district along the north coast. "
When the quantity of teak timber, and the advantages of Java in respect
of ports and harbours, are considered, the most fiattering prospeéts are held
out,
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