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canting
mid 20th-early 21st Century
An unused wooden tjanting / canting. Canting is a tool use for the application designs by drawing molten wax as a resist on to textiles in the production of batik. Its main characteristic is that it k...
canting
mid 20th-early 21st Century
A well used bamboo tjanting / canting. Canting is a tool use for the application designs by drawing molten wax as a resist on to textiles in the production of batik. Its main characteristic is that i...
canting
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This copper bowl is called a tjanting or canting. It is made of a bamboo handle with a small metal cup and a thin spout, out of which the wax seeps. It is used to apply wax freehand to fabric as a re...
bassine fibre sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of dyed bassine fibre (also known as palmyra fibre). This fibre is used to make brooms and coarse brushes such as carpet brushes, it has a good heat and chemical resistance. The fibre is...