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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 50i

Page: 95, 134
Date: 10-11. 2. 50.
Location: Sakaltutan
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10/2 i(0006 Iba Aksoyf)- his daughter weaving a hebe.
Cost - wool 3 TL (roughly 1 kilo at 3 to 5 TL a kilo)
dyes 1 TL - 4 TL {total}Selling price - 6 to 8 TL.
An expert can make one in 2 days - about 1.5 TL a day. These were for girl's eyiz - although
not yet nianlanms.

p.134 (Cont from p.95)
Miscellaneous

10/2 i(0306 Eyp nal) & i(0293 Musa nal) both eating pancar {gl : beet}bought from the town at 20 to 30 k a batman.

10/2 i(0185 A.O.) - bought new a pair of local tweed alvar (Turk trousers) for 6 TL.

11/2 i(0306 Eyp nal) would have made namazlar,
cf. i(0247 Niyazi Taan) made namazlar to sell
i(0006 Iba Aksoyf) made hebe - (for eyiz {gl : bride's trousseau}, but does sell)
25 TL a pair - namazlar.
k<selling women's weaving, male chauvinism>
{c: I reported the male ignoring of the women's work invovled without comment}

k<prices, selling women's weaving>

k<handicrafts><economics>

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