Healthy greetings to everyone and thank you as the host. On this occasion I visited a seller of handicrafts from horns.
Traders who sell these crafts are selling a round not in one place, one of the places to trade that I met was on the terrace on the edge of the animal market.
They sell moving a round in crowded places, the handicrafts for sale are from the English village of Sukaraja sub district, Sukabumi, West Java, one of the craft Center made of cow horn or buffalo horn.
The work of making this craft has been around for a long time since 1976, until now still runing, by being passed on by generations or descendants. The condition of the product is somewhat reduced, because some of the workforse has moved to another job or the buyer's interes is decreasings.
Materials for making this craft are sometimes taken from outside the City. Especially materials from buffalo. Making handicrafts takes still and perseverance, it takes perseverance in making craft it takes quite along time depending on the level of difficulty.
The manufacture of this craft requires a process of steps such aa the material to be made crafts in drying first under the hot sun for about a day, then the industrial is whashed clean. The next step is to cut according to the shape and reeds.
The horns are pressed to make easy shape the next process is sharpened or smooth it using sand paper to make it look sbiny. According to the merchant story, the crafts of this horn experienced a heyday around the 1990.
The results of this craft have been exported a broad such as Malaysia, Turkey, and Korea. Hendicrafts made by craft man back as processed cow and buffalo horn. Hendicraft on the form of first replicas, bird, replicas, smoking pipes,tool for scraping the body , horn bracelets, key chairs, and other.
With ready made handicrafts, they sell then various pices,such as the price of ready. Made buffalo horns or cow horn, they offer Rp 250.000,- thousand rupiah or around and can be bargained for up to Rp 200.000,-.
We havd to be able to bargain at a price reasonable. If the can version with US dollars about 13 US dollars. The price of a fish shaped replica, sold for Rp 75.000,- the price of a pipe for smoking is around Rp 15.000,- or about 1 US dollar.
The price of key chains and bracelet is between Rp 10.000,- to Rp 25.000,- the price sold can be negotiated according to the product.
Thank you very much.