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The red head of a tiger amongst red stripes representing bamboo. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1972.

A birds eating grapes from vines entwined around a bamboo plant. Colour woodcut by K. Egawa after Ryuryukyo Shinsai.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, a weaver at his loom. Engraving.

A bamboo plant: leafy stems. Watercolour.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, stretching the warp threads on a loom. Engraving.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the silk threads. Engraving.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the eggs. Engraving.

A bamboo plant: leafy stems and new shoots in grassland. Watercolour.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, spinning the threads. Engraving.

Journal of bamboo and rattan

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Textiles: silk manufacture in China, spinning the threads. Engraving.

Journal of bamboo and rattan

The red head of a tiger amongst red stripes representing bamboo. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1972.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, a weaver at his loom. Engraving.

Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the silk threads. Engraving.