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of this process is so the wood later won't shrink or expand, and so it won't be eaten by insects 3. the wood is taken out, dried & then shaped with roughing out tools 4. ornaments are drawn with pencil & then engraved with smaller woodworking tools 5. wood is perforated where necess. i.e. eyes & mouth 6. mask is sanded with sandpaper & then polished with a seashell (kuwok brown & white speckled shell, latter polishing giving the wood a natural shine). 7. masks are smoked about a week on a shelf above the kitchen stove 8. mask is painted with white base paint 8. painted with colors 9. black outlines are given to features & ornaments 10. holes for ties or a leather bite-piece added on the inside. 

before forgiving- Prices quoted for qolek. Rp 4000- 10,000 (10$-25$), masks Rp 2000-4000 ($US 10-$20) - prices for items made by Pak Warno himself are higher than for those made by his students; working hours are not fixed - he explained that "when I feel inspire I don't mind working morning, 
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noon + night, but when I don't feel well sometimes I don't work at all"
- our visit late afternoon (4PM to 6PM) + none of the younger workers there
- work carried out in a large 2 - room dirt-poor shed across from his house, [[gedek?]] walls, open in front; includes a large work table, benches + chairs (work done sitting in a chair), wooden chests + wooden cupboard for holding finished and half-finished items, packed between layers of nice [[?]] for protection
- tools include:
1. kapak (axes)
2. sabit besar (curved, sickle-like knives)
3. pisau (knives)
4. gergaji kecil (small saw)
5. talah besar + kecil (wood chisels)
6. (uncek) for (bores)
7. [[strikethrough]] kikin (small planes)
8. (emplas) ampril (sandpaper)
9. seashell for polishing
Counted 28 sizes + types of small chisels alone on the worktable
-showed us 5 chisels which were already 80 years old, which he got from old wayang dalang in Bantal