Basket

Basket

Baskets woven with wooden strips. They have a shape that tends towards a truncated cone, with a square or rectangular base and a round opening. They are made from hazel wood strips using a perpendicular weaving technique. The rim is finished with a ring made from a thick, unpeeled hazel rod, over which the ends of the warp are bent, leaving two opposite openings that serve as handles.

Unknown

Carmen Pérez Maestro

Asturian

Physical Object

690

Carpancho

Fanjul, J. A., Rodriguez del Cueto, F., y Expósito, D. (2024). La cestería en Asturias: Una técnica milenaria. Gijón: Museo del pueblo de Asturias, Principado de Asturias.

cm x cm x cm

current,43.178579,-5.333501;

Spain

1674

Hazel and chestnut

Basketmaker’s tools include a knife and a drawknife. A fundamental element is the so-called basketmaker’s bench, which is the tool on which the basketmaker works and shapes the wooden strips.

Museo de la madera de Caso, Asturias

Local

Thick rods of hazel and chestnut are used; these must be boiled and split with a knife to obtain strips of wood. The strips are then smoothed with a drawknife, holding them in place with the help of a workbench or a board. The strips are woven together by hand and tightened by striking them with a mallet and a wooden batten in order to produce a weave without gaps. The process ends by closing the basket at the top with a rim, which is secured with wooden rings.

Transport, agriculture

For personal use and for sale

Unknown

Harvesting, agriculture and transport

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