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sions are made by Pak Pujo with a fine, Sharp pointed instrument (appears as barley visible fine white leines)- then the ornaments are out in by either Pak Pujo or this assistants with a variety of tools which are held upright on the left hand [and] hit a blow on the end with a wooden hammer held in the right hand - tools are made by Pak Pujo {cross out s] from scrap metal, mainly bicycle spokes and springs - a single set (stel) of tools in- cludes 20 types- Pak Pujo sold a set to an [?] visitor travelling with us for Rp 15,000 and claims that a complete set costs Rp 20,000 outside - in addition to hand tools and wooden hammer, other tools include wooden block or small round table composed of 3 thick blocks on which the puppets are laid while working, scrapers and cutting knives, large work tables. iron weights of various types (anything heavy) to hold the puppets flat (while working)
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and a gob of beeswax in which the types of the perforating tools are stabled every few moments- Pak Pujo himself sits on a mat on the floor to work, using the little 3-section stool/table his assistants sat at larger tables of the usual type and placed a single wooden block on the table 
were also whetstones outside the front door which, unlike the whetstones at Pak Warno's (the mask makers) are used with oil, not water
after the wayang cutting are made, they are painted- formerly the cuttings were kept about a year so that "all the fat would go out of them' and the paint would adhere better, but nowadays Pak Pujo says that he has to sell his puppets quickly because he needs the money and so he paints them immediately living quarters are in the back of the workroom and consist of several other rooms- number of batik paintings of low quality and 
[left margin "[?] made separately and attached with hide pin]