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 Bamboo work. — Very artistic bamboo work is made at Monghyr, in Bengal.

Palm-branch work. — Hand, and standard fans are made of the several species of palm leaves found in different parts of India. The broad and powerful fan formed of the branch of the Borassus flabelliformis, or palmyra, is often showily decorated with paint and gilding, and sometimes with embroidery.

Toys. — Indian toys are often very beautiful. The principal places of their production have been named under Lac work. Among the Prince of Wales* presents are two models of carriages, one drawn by cream-colored bullocks, and the other by cream- colored horses ; both looking as if they had just stepped out of an illuminated page of the Ramayana or Mahabharata.