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88 [[page one]] in RRT, but this sounds doubtful to me ((recheck)) - reeds are metal, not bamboo cucuk (hook for threading [[image]] is made by craftsmen themselves from a bicycle spoke (RUJI sepeda) - price of a cheaper ATBM made of Kalimantan wood is Rp 25,000 complete - this is [[strikethrough]]foo[[/strikethrough]] for a wider loom which can weave cloth of 120 CM are also narrower 60 CM + 90 CM looms ((used for cloth which is seamed up the middle?)) - better looms made of teak wood can cost up to 50,000 Rp each - ATBM began to be used in Troso in 1956 (formerly used backstrap) - napthal dies came into use in 1962 (all this acc. to lurah, but confirmed by others) - formerly used indigo + pace root (akar pace) to get the trad black, blue + brown cltoh (the black a combination of brown over blue) - acc. to them, industry in Troso began expanding about 1955 (roughly coinciding with introd. of ATBM) 89 [[page two]] - prior to introd. of ATBM, all weaving was done by women acc. to them women aren't strong enough to weave on the ATBM ((enquire further into this - I have woven on an ATBM with no trouble - looms we saw use automatic shuttles, so not a question of width or reach - only strength needed is for beating back weft)) - began marketing in Bali in 1972 + now sell 75% of their production there story as follows: in 1970 a certain Pak Kusein (not at the meeting, but a big Troso peng.) began working for a Chinese named Hartono in Gogja (Galan Kali - urang) - this Chinese owned 15 looms + made cloth which was then batiked + sold in Bali; someone in Bali asked Hartono if he could weave Sumba-style cloth - knowing Kusein had the skill ("keahlian," ie could do that work.) he asked Kusein to try to imitate the Sumba cloth - Kusein agreed to try because Hartono agreed to assume all the risks in case the venture