Canting
Sign in to save'''''''''' (, ; ) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax () in the traditional native Javan batik-making process in Indonesian island of Java (mainly and originally), more precisely for the (). Traditional consists of copper wax-container with small pipe spout and bamboo handle. It is commonly made of copper, bronze, zinc or iron materials, as well as teflon in modern-days.
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It sits within the topics Batik and Culture of Indonesia.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Tool.related
- left|thumb|The batik making tools displayed at National Museum of Indonesia, [[Jakarta. From center top: a fine tool to apply wax; from left to right: wooden brush with coconut fibre hair, Iron calipers for measuring, also calipers, tongs, hammer, and file.]]
- Tool.image
- File:Tjanting.jpg
- Tool.image size
- 300px
- Tool.caption
- Canting used in the batik-making process
- Tool.title
- Canting
- Tool.used_with
- Wax, Batik
- Tool.inventor
- Javanese
- Tool.manufacturer
- Javanese (part of Native Indonesians, Java-origin)
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'''''''' (, ; ) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax () in the traditional native Javan batik-making process in Indonesian island of Java (mainly and originally), more precisely for the (). Traditional consists of copper wax-container with small pipe spout and bamboo handle. It is commonly made of copper, bronze, zinc or iron materials, as well as teflon in modern-days.
==Etymology== right|thumb|Batik crafters scooping hot liquid wax using canting at a batik workshop in Gulurejo village, near [[Yogyakarta]] is derived from Javanese word of canthing (IPA: ) which means the small scooping tool.
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