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90
didn't turn  out
the venture was successful & the 
cloth was sold through Hartonos 
langganans in Bali
at the point, however, Hartono 
apparently ran into financial 
difficulties (uang seret/sulit) - 
either Hartono stopped production 
or Hartono & Kusein quarreled 
over money matters
at any rate [[strikethrough]] Kusein went 
to Bali and made direct contact 
with the cloth sellers in Den 
Pasar & Krianyar - at this 
point Kusein moved back to 
Troso and began developing the 
industry in Troso
now Troso cloth is fully accepted 
all over Bali - they themselves 
consider the quality is lower than 
real Balenise weaving, but note 
the price is cheaper
nowadays there is more kain 
Troso sold in Bali than real 
Balinese cloth ("kebanyakan 
kain tenun di Bali berasal 
dari Troso")
-WAGES
for weavers (buruh tenun) - paid 
90 Rp per meter for Bali cloth 

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& can weave 5-6 meters a day; 
get 50 Rp per meter for plain white 
& can weave 14 meters a day; 
get 250 per piece for Sumba & 
can weave 2 pieces per day

for dyers buruh celup - paid 200 Rp per pak & 
can dye 10 paks a day - this 
work not available every day, 
however, and usually dyer is 
a weaver on other days

for buruh ikat - this work usually 
done by children (we saw a 
space saving bamboo platform 
in one large establishment where the 
children work - buruh ikat are 
paid Rp 100 per plangkon (kotakan)
plangkon is a wooden frame 
on which groups of threads are tied
[[margin note]]later saw Sumba style dicocokan & was a warp ikat [[margin note]]
(torso ikat is welt ikat)
children begin as buruh ikat at age 
8-10 (but we saw an older boy 
in late teens or early twenties being 
at another house)
a child can tie off 1 plangkon 
in 3 or 4 hours after school.
apparently another person paints 
the designs on the plangkon with