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in 5 days can make 15 tenong
- father, mother + 3 children who work (children still small)
- both bapak + iba go to market
together
on Pon at Wonosari
-way of selling is to selor
with a bakul in the pasar
-gets from the market bakul
300-350 per tenong + bakul 
resells for 400-500
-began making tenong about 1950
-in 1972 took a week's course from Dept. Per.
-father of Par Karso could also make ker. but he says ker. mulai berkenbang about 1960
-capital for coop from dues, but very small
every 5 days [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]](on fixed day of Javanese week) can pinjam from coop funds + return w/13% interest same day of next week
-age 6 or 7 children can begin making woven bamboo sheets; bamboo rims made, tied

rit = load 39 
+ mailed by men only "karena berat"
sheets held in place by a double rim,
Pak Karso's house also makes kukusan (children do this mainly)
leftover bamboo cuttings ^burned + used to smoke the tenong to beautiful geometric designs woven into lids of tenong
bamboo cuttings also burned for cooking fuel

next visited Pak Dukoh, father-in-law of Pak Carik
-says capital of coop not enough to make it meaningful 
-about 120 bamboos used in Sodo per day (3 rit = about 40 batang)
size of coop loans 1000-2000 Rp with 3% + 7 day return (contradicts above)
time for return too short to be useful - can process + market materials + get profit back that fast
Pak Dukoh feels 35 days a