Native Industries of Java

This interesting picture of the principal industries which keep the Javanese busy, opens with the designing of Sarongs. The Sarong is the dress, or robe, that the men and women alike drape around their bodies in a characteristic fashion. Next is the making of Krees, the native weapon. The Krees is on the order of a dagger, but somewhat longer, and every native, as a rule, has at least one in his possession. They are in most cases ornamental, and we see the interesting operation of forging, filing, stamping and engraving them. The fancy brass work industry comes next, with its skilled artisans, reared from boyhood in the one trade, and sometimes passing it down from generation to generation. All stages of the work are shown, from moulding to the finished article for sale. Last, and perhaps the most interesting to Americans, is the pottery industry. Java pottery is known throughout the world, but to see it rounded into shape from the getting of clay at the bottom of the lake to the baking of it in kilns, is a sight which few have witnessed.