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damen will catch fire at about
8PM at which time will close it
off
about 4 hours later know they're 
done - guard fire at night to
make sure no children get 
burned etc.
tiles not taken out till 4pm
next day
tiles selling for 7000Rp per 1000-
capacity of the kiln we saw firing
was 7000 tiles.
he used 20 pikuls of wood for
the firing, all jati, @ 500 Rpa
pikul
no sampah at all
[[strikethrough] have even tried warm &
pelum wood but tiles didn't
get cooked
first worker with slice mold in
front of him & slices beside - 
second worker w/ tile mold in
front of her
processes:   1. clay is dug
             2. spread out to dry
             3. soak it in a hole for 1 
                night
capacity of the hole, located
in front of the house was 6 kwintal 
a hole

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hole about a meter deep
  4.  clay brought into the mixing
      area & for a stamp in 1/2 block
      = 10 liters of sand
(no straining or cake)
  5. mound
  6. sliced w/ wire bow &
     cut on slice mold
  7. formed on tile mold
  8. Shade dried inside
  9. Re-molding
  10.Sun dried
  11. fired

Same day 
stopped by coastal village of Pecan-
gaam in Kec. Balangan where
repairing nylon nets
they can make nets but usually 
buy form
desa Wedung
Kec Denak
Kab Denak
salt making & fish auction also 
in Pecangaam
low catches because small waves in recent weeks