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38 TUBAN 9/27/81 notes from Wahyono on the village of TUBAN and other matters Wahyono views batik as a "tradisibank" - post-Majopahit that doesn't, however, shut out the possibility that older paste batik traditions existed; just that canting batik is post-Majapohit there are no ancient inscriptions about malam (wgh) but many about indigo and dyestuffs idea of resist dying in Indonesia very old & gives example of prehistoric handprints on stone re Tuban: Yon says it is a mistake to support that old hand - loomed cloths were too coarse for canting work old kains from Tuban are halus and he thinks is a degeneration Tuban anciently supplied batik to the small court of hasem - made Prajurit kain (cloth for the palace guards) dying done by women in Tuban - in 1960 yon says they were still [[end page]] [[new page]] note: plan trip to Tuban w/ Yon & Zanimas Raehim of Fask Ekon, Sur. using natural dyes by 1974, when he first visited, they were already using chemical dyes Villages view chemical indigo as a great improvement since natural dye rots in the water & very smelly ("kalau kenahair bau") [[left margin]] not using chem. indigo only chem mengkudu Tuban is remarkable, of course, in being the only village I know of on Java where villages still grow their own cotton, spin their own thread, weave their own cloth & then batik it (Asmoro Damai's shop in Aryahuta Hotel Lobby carries Tuban batik-an urban female trader from Surabaya hadles a lot of the marketing for the village) only one person in Tuban makes thread (as of 74) and is a man Wahyono says he is the poorest person involved in the industry) not true location: Kab. Tuban Kec. Kerek 4-5 desas, incl. Ma[[strikethrugh]] n[[/strikethrough]] rgorejo & Gaji