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knives (for cutting & stripping), large metal shears (for cutting the matting into shapes), a perforating tool (uncek, for perforating rims)
no fuel used in the industry craftsmen who do the modern type of work apparently have all been trained by Pak Saidi, who seems in turn to have obtained the new designs and techniques from a Japanese man around 1965 - said Japanese lives in Jogja, is an Indonesian citizen married to an Indonesian woman, and apparently came to the village looking for someone to try out his designs
another source of Japanes influence(?) is the bamboo splitting factory (on the same road, right side, somewhat before Mogadan) which is government-owned but, according to Pak Saidi, uses (used?) Japanese instructors
division of labor apparently along these lines:
traditional basketry-housewives (& men?)
matting for modern work-children, both sexes
finishing for modern work-adult men

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twice asked whether women did modern work (no) and why not - answer that they are too "busy", and too "lazy" [[left margin]]”tidal” sabar[[/left margin]] to study the new techniques; although children who do matting are paid by the piece, men who work at Pak Saidi's house apparently [[left margin]]+ meal(s)[[/left margin]] paid per day (this unclear since, according to Abu K., many are kinsmen of Pak Saidi - working hours apparently fixed, however, since workmen told us they work till 5:00 PM every day)
due to his position as leader of the industry in the village, Pak Saidi has had opportunities which most villagers rarely get, e.g. meeting directors of various government departments, participating in government-sponsored trade fairs, attending government courses in small business management, etc. - was once sent as an instructor of basketry to Kalimantan to teach his techniques to villagers there -- number of framed photos in his living room of a. a World Bank team visiting the village b. President Suharto.