A “gum” for the harvest
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The MTB 437 “tumour” of the Basto Land Museum served to cut grape clusters. It is zinc foil and measures 4,5 cm high. The inventory documents the utensil, without explaining how it was used or attributed to it a village of origin.
The registered diameter is 2,7 centimeters: a small piece, with a very specific task. Name, function and dimensions give different clues. ‘Unha’ is the inventory name; cutting curls is the documented use.
The chart links the work of the vineyard to the craft of transforming metal. By going to the stories of the grape varieties and wine containers, we changed the scale: from a small tool to the plant, the harvest and the circulation of the product.
Source and context
Basto Land Museum — Latoaria, Teresa Soeiro text and inventory of pieces
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