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Your findings.

Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

2 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · Crafts and memories

Comparing capabilities

Pedraça and Basto · material culture

Carrying and measuring in one container

The Museum’s inventory distinguishes two pieces made from sheet zinc: pitcher L 16 from Pedraça, holding 12 litres, and pitcher L 62 from Devesa, Basto, holding seven. Both measured and carried wine. The capacities belong to these objects, not to a universal measure. Comparing them shows why a container’s name alone cannot tell us how much it holds. The dimensions add a surprise: the 12-litre pitcher is 46 centimetres high and 16.7 in diameter; the seven-litre pitcher is shorter, at 34.5 centimetres, but has a diameter of 23.3. Greater width alone does not mean greater capacity. The inventory associates the first piece with Fátima Magalhães of Pedraça and the second with Álvaro Magalhães of Devesa. These are recorded owners, not attributions of craftsmanship. Their names help connect the objects with the people who preserved them.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Draw two bars with the same scale, one with 12 units and the other with seven.
  2. Calculate the difference in capacity between the two pieces.
  3. Write the inventory numbers next to the bars to keep each measure connected to the right object.

A paper comparison without needing containers or drinks.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 2 DE 2 · Travel through time

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Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

At Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries stand alongside the manor house highlighted by the municipality. The group connects two functions: living and storing the harvest. Rather than looking only at the main house, it is worth recognising the importance of buildings supporting agriculture. The introduction to Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a landscape of plateau and mountain, shaped by farming and pastoralism. House and granaries can be read in that working context, although the source does not detail each property’s production. The house’s dating is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th-century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. That difference should remain visible. The photograph accompanying the reading shows the portal, not the three granaries. The heritage reference does not confirm access to the group.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Look at the photo of the portal and list only the elements you can see.
  2. Compared to the three granaries mentioned in the text: what depends on the written description?
  3. Imagine a caption that distinguishes the frame of the photograph from the remaining patrimonial set.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

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