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31. alchemical formulas for transmuting 45. cardboard, papier-mache, and leather·like
substances into gold products derived from wood, cloth or paper
32. other solders and related techniques 46. medicinal compounding
33. tattooing 47. preparing different saline substances
34. ways of drawing on iron with gold and silver 48. mercury manufacture
35. "modeling paste" and its application in relief 49. flammable mixtures
drawings 50. cleaning agents for gilded and cast-metal
36. applying gold, silver or tin leaf images
37. writing on stone 51. storing meat without spoilage
38. writing on bone 52. drum making
39. working ivory 53. units of measure for cloth
40. working with stone 54. magical techniques and contrivances; foreign
41. clay and earth technologies machines
42. mending broken crockery 55. preserving flowers and fruits
43. woodworking, including carving and orna-
mentation According to its author this text was "but a drop
44. leather-working from the ocean of crafts."

Masks of the eight manifestations of Padmasambhava in a sacred dance.

8 THE ARTISTIC WEALTH OF OLD TIBET