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  1. floral motif salendangs about 50cm wide which photos indicate can also be worn as loose breastcloth - batiking done on plain mori Jawa
2. kains 96-97cm wide (no seaming) - [[crossed-out]] done on [[crossed-out]] batik work, mainly geometrical arrangements of dots in squares, triangles, stripes, etc., done atop a grid of lurik
3. simple warp and weft (double) ikat with ikat appearing as simple white dashes on an indigo base

all weaving still done on backstraps-govn. tried to introduce ATBM but women rejected, saying they "weren't strong enough"
Rens feels they probably feared men would take over the weaving
has been a big drive by Petanian for some yeas to plant cotton before Tuban thru hinterland along coast

dying done in Tuban by old women - no. of rituals and taboos
old women because forbidden to do

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dying if having mens or fighting with husband, etc.

elsewhere on Java men may have been tukang medel but Rens feels only after commercializ. of urgan workshop prod - not trad.

Tuban still barters cloth in local market, Pasar Kerek
Tuban near coast and get additional [[white out]] income from fishing - is a fishing coop

Rens began going to Tuban in 1977 - they save best pieces now for her and she insists on high quality standards - pays up to 12,000 Rp each in the village and resells to foreign residents of Jak and museums, etc. abroad for +/- 60,000 Rp each

formerly a Surabaya woman named Mrs. Prihadi actively traded in the village, but no quality control - now gets some pieces from Rens ((I think Mrs. Prihadi is the one who sells to Asmoro's shop in Aryaduta))
[[left margin]] different villages [[left margin]]
in Tuban cotton planting done by