Gold duster, funzutzu, a bamboo tube cut slanting at each end with a gauze top bound on with black tape. This is used for applying gold flakes, looks like a powder medicine, this is put inside the tube at the unblackened end in the right hand, then the left hand taps the left so that the powder comes out through the mesh at the end. After that another brush is used to brush off the excess gold. After that the object is put in a box. When it has dried another lacquer is applied, it is out in the box again and then polished with the charcoal. 163 x 8mm.
duster (lacquerworking)
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