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at that time profits for making wayang high
could then buy enough hide to make 10 puppets for 3 Rp. old money, while the puppets were sold for 3 Rp each
nowadays profits are low, "just enough for food" because the hides are expensive + the sale price of puppets [[crossed out]] is low
thin hide now Rp 1000 per kilo, + the thick 750
[[Gotolkatya?]] (large size) can use 1K. hide + a [[raksasa?]] 1.5 K (after cutting lighter)
Pak Atmo has alr. made a book about the history of Pocung, which is kept at the Kabupaten
all production indoors or in front houses
Pak Atmo says 40 of the 200 [[pengrajin?]] kulit are girls
Pak Atmo teaches kulit at SD Pocung + since the SD students include girls are now girl wayan makers at present Pak Atmo has 30 did meet one girl about 20 making pieces for fans who said she first learned at the house of Pak Rusah - present Pak Rusah [[Tastrosoewito?]]
- Pak Atmo says the paint from Pocung is better than that used in Jogja because it is mixed with a glue made of boiled hide called "[[antjr?]] lempeng" - not all ancur from hides, some from milk - however,nowadays [[?]]making[[?] sell unpainted wayang.
2 methods of marketing
1. Pocung people take wayang to Jogja + they are
[[?]]'disetorlean'[[?]] at stores such as
[[Tjokrogoehanto?]], MD in Moka Gede (Bapak
Soepoyo), silver place, etc.
2. 'tengkulak' (intermediaries) come to Pocung
and buy- Pak [[crossed out]][[/crossed
out]]Atmo's son is is Galgo a langanan of Gbu
Tuti, buyer (?)[[transcriber's note: in
original]] for Saridah Gaya
Pak Atmo has 7 children, only one of which is a wayang maker (son still in school)
9 Dec, 74 - 19 Dec, 74 a course was given by the Dept. of [[?]] in Pacung- attended by 30 [[?]], mainly young, including 4 girls- Pak Atmo showed us certificates from the course. Pak Atmos felt course was a [[?]] because they were told to treat the hides with salt, but he showed us puppets made using the [[??}} Pen
