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Kuta -- don't know what it means))
at time of our visit he was working on a 12" statue of Visnu on his Garuda mount; he had been working on it for 4 months and said he still had another month of work
this statue one of the finest things I have seen, using a variety of different techniques (engraving, wire work, etc.) he is going to blind from cataracts, and one eye is noticeably bad; he knows he needs an operation but is afraid; he is trying to train his son to take over, but his son is not yet able to do the finest work the Visnu statue was ordered by someone from California; he will receive 7 million Rp for it 
if I Wayan Paing makes statues or keris handles from gold, he insets them with stones, but says stones are not for silver a keris ornament is called a 'danganan'

13. [[underlined]] from interview with I. M. Muda, goldsmith, Kamasan village [[/underlined]]

next to house of I M. Muda, brother of I Wayan Paing he makes very fine gold rings with a 'Rangda' design (i.e. Rangda faces on each side of the ring)
large men's rings with a dark heavy gold, some with dark green stones he only makes on order, and the buyer brings the gold
takes him a week to make one ring
he can inset amulet stones in the base of the rings if the buyer so wishes
his tools are made of both iron and bronze; the technique is uses is 'tata/menata'; which involves a light tapping such as used by makers of wayang kulit puppets
he says that areas of which have been 'ditata' with bronze tools can be polished to a bright finish or burnish, but areas which have been 'ditata' with iron tools cannot
he has made gold rings for 20 years
the father of I M. Muda and I Wayan Paing made silver bokor
I M. Muda showed us a pair of beautiful inlaid cleavers made by the smith Mangkuwija, mentioned in interview [[strikethrough]] #10 [[/strikethrough]] #11
despite Garrett's criticism of his keris-making skills, these were two of the most beautiful artifacts I have ever seen
made of steel with silver inlay in swastika motif with encrusted ornaments and handles of beautifully polished wood and brass; blades are of two different kinds of iron or steel
one of the cleavers has an engraving of Merdah (Merda?), son of Twalen (one of the Balinese punakawan), on the back
these cleavers are used for the ritual slaughtering of pigs for ceremonies; also used to chop up the meat to make 'lawar', a ceremonial and festival food with finely chopped pork, vegetables and coconut
the square cleaver is called a 'belakas' and the pointed cleaver a 'golok'
((very similar golok illustrated in Jaspers and Mas Pirngadie, but with gold inlay - check origin))
next door to I M. Muda is a man who makes holy water ('air tirta') containers for use at Pura Ganda Mayu

14. from interview with Ketut Murdana, blacksmith, Kamasan village

next to perapen of Ketut Murdana; he explained that there are


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