The Performance Portrait of Javanese Women in Association with the Water Storage Appliances within the Traditional Society

This study is aimed to portray the performance of coastal Javanese women on their roles in organizing the family economy to create a harmonious and sufficient life. The form and function of traditional appliances have a bond between form, meaning, and philosophical value. The location of the research in Demak. The object of the research was a lexicon variant on traditional household utensils with the meaning of water storage. Methods of data collections were observation, active interaction, and visual document provoking. The method of data analysis used functional descriptive by describing the lexicon variant which considers the components of form, meaning, referent, philosophical value. The findings of the research are a novelty of views on Javanese women through the inauguration of traditional water storage appliances functions. Finding the strength of philosophical values in traditional Javanese appliance and organizing harmonious household rests on the personality of Javanese women.