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Canting – tools for batik
Canting is a tool for small and consists of stem / stalk of bamboo, nyamplungan / canting body (a place for liquid wax) and Carat / beak (place candles out of time to make) made of copper. Canting this pattern is used to write Batik with wax liquid (malam). According to its function have canting reng-rengan (to make first reng – rengan batikan with or without patterns) and the canting isen (to fill the field). According to the front line of a small front line is small, medium and large. According to many front line have canting cecekan / one bill, canting loron / two front line, canting telon / beak three, canting Prapatan / four front line, canting liman / five front line, canting byok / seven front line or more and canting renteng / galaran (have even front line and arranged from top to bottom).
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