canting

Textile tool in the form of a metal nib of a wax applicator used for batik, called 'canting'. It is used with a bamboo holder. The nib is constructed in three parts: in two, the piece of flat metal has been rolled into a tube. The middle piece has been folded in half and sealed at the sides to create a reservoir to which the two tubular pieces are attached in the bottom corners. One ot the two is of a narrower diameter, and has a closed end which slots into the bamboo holder. The other one curves downward, and the hot wax flows out onto the cloth through it.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
21.5.48/2ii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 23 mm x 60 mm x 10 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
copper alloy
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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