From fair to work in the country
A couple of cocks could keep up with different moments of life.
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The pair of women's Chancas MTB 449 was made by José Alves Leite and acquired by the Museum of Lands of Basto. Wood, leather, rubber, tacks and cord make up the piece, measuring 26 cm long and 15,5 high.
The record associates this footwear to the fairs and Sundays. When more spent, it passed to the work of the field: wear could change the occasion of use, without finishing the life of the object. It is a documented description, not a rule for all families.
The collection also includes man's chanccas, MTB 450, also made by José Alves Leite and acquired by the Museum. The record refers to the passage of the most spent footwear to the field. Compare the two pieces allows to accompany documented materials and uses, without reducing all the clogging to a single model.
The MTB 450 pair is 28 cm long, 16 high and 9,5 wide. In MTB 449, the registered width is 7,5 cm. The differences describe these two pieces of the museum, not a table of sizes for all punches or hooks. The inventory number allows to keep each set of measures connected to the right object.
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Wood and tools
The inventory allows relating the base material to gestures and working instruments.
Before the punch, a piece of alder →Bring shoes to the fair
The accumulated production continued to São Miguel, where dealers also participated.
Two ox cars full of shoes →Go to the pilgrimage with the punches in your hand
A report of 1886 describes romeiros carrying the shoes in their hand along the way.
To Rome, with the punches in hand →
Source and context
Basto Land Museum — In the country of Tamanco, women's Chancas MTB 449
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