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Traditional Tools,
Harnesses, and Other Equipment Used in Work with Istrian Cattle
Thinking about the times past
and our co-existence with the Istrian cattle, today - when we are
fighting for the survival on the Earth - we remember the traditional
tools, harnesses and other equipment that were used in work. All those
items remind us of the past and its values. Since these are merely
"exhibits" today, let us describe the most important tools in words and
photos. The descriptions contain local names of certain tools and their
parts. These are "voz" (four-wheeled cart), "jaram"
(yoke), "komačela", "vrganj" (plough), "mužarjola"
(muzzle), "resa" (tassels), "pašture", "sponse"
(clamps), "košara" (basket) and "makina za sijati šenicu"
(wheat-sowing machine).
VOZ
Four-wheeled Cart
Components
of the four-wheeled cart:
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levers - wood (common oak).
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"timun" - wood (elm, acacia,
common oak), reinforced with iron.
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the front "prema" - wood
(elm, common oak), reinforced with iron, the main parts are:
a) "Jezik" - tongue b) "karnižeta" with
axle c) "oplin" with levers
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the back "prema" - wood,
reinforced with iron; the main parts are:
a) "pritoka" (elm, common oak) b)
"kamižeta" with axle (elm, common oak) c) "oplin" with levers (elm,
common oak) d) "žlajf"
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wheels (four) - wood,
reinforced with iron; the main parts are:
a) "glavina" - hub (sorb-tree, almond-tree)
b) "radi" (acacia, common oak) c) iron "rigeta"
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"škale" (stairs) - wood; the
main parts are:
a) two wooden parts connected with two pegs
(acacia) c) steps (ash, common oak)
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"škalun" - wood, the main
parts are:
a) two wooden parts connected with two pegs
(acacia) b( steps with osiers
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On exhibit at the
Ethnographic Museum of Istria / Etnografski Musej Istre, Pazin -
Pisino. Photographs by ©
Marisa Ciceran. |
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JARAM Yoke for
two heads
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Made of wood (common oak, elm common
maple), reinforced with iron Consists of the following parts:
1. yoke - wood (elm, common maple)
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"kamba" - wood (ash, common oak, chestnut) 3.
"duplica" - wood (hornbeam) 4. "trte" - wood (hornbeam)
5. "armenjaki" (three) -made of wood 6.
"žbica" - spoke, wood (cornelian cherry) |
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Photograph from Istria, Terra
Magica. |
Komočela yoke
for one head
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Made of wood, reinforced with iron.
Consists of the following parts:
1. "komačela" - wood (common oak,
common maple, elm) 2. "kamba" - wood 3. iron "vetice"
4. "žbica" - spoke |
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Photograph from Kalendar
1990, Franina i Jurina. |
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Sources:
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Text - Emilio
and Aldo Štifanić. Traditional Tools, Harnesses, and other
Equipment Used in Work with Istrian Cattle
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Wagon
photographs by Marisa Ciceran
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Created: Tuesday, June 13,
2000; Last Updated:
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