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stopped at:

*1. batik tulis village of Kulur - in the midst of coconut area - stopped at home of Ibu Sayuti who organizes the entire 'unit', consisting of all the batik workers in one desa
number of workers in the entire desa 200(?) divided among more than one dukoh
Ibu Sayuti purchases cloth & other supplies from Jogja & distributes among other households 
--a dep. per. course carried out in 1972
in Ibu Sayuti's house saw 15 pembatik, women age 15 yrs. roughly and up
workers are paid per piece between 400-800 Rp according to the quality of the tulis work - rough pieces are sometimes dyed in Kulur, but finer pieces are sent to Solo (Danar Hadi) or Jogja to be dyed
Ibu Sayuti appears to be a wealthy woman (fine kain, gold jewellry) in relation to the women who work for her

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*2. to a sabut kelapa (coconut fiber matting) factory at Pengasih - address: Jalan Pengasih 23 owned by Pak Wiryo Haryono - items sold include door mats of various sizes, larger rugs, wastebaskets, brooms
doormats are woven by hammering two rows of nails on the floor,  [[diagram in left margin]] stringing them with warp & then putting in the weft by hand using a knife blade to lift every other warp thread & pulling the weft into place by using the fingers as a [[strikethrough]] [[illegible]] [[/strikethrough]]  beater
some of the workers using a wooden frame (?) in an upright position
were 6 boys & 6 girls working at the time we came in, all of young age (late teens, early twenties)
Pak Wiryo has had the factory for many years, since (?) the 1930's
pictures on the wall show Pres. Soeharto visiting the factory
-coconut fiber is purchased in