Inventory | Ethnography | Coltello
- Common name
- Knife
- Dialect name
- curtel
- Material
- wood
Description
The butter knife was used for finishing the shaping of butter loaves and imprinting decorative patterns. When making butter in the casera, the butter was kneaded by hand or with the help of the spatula, which was gripped by the handle and slid in top-to-bottom motions so that the butter took on a regular, decorative shape. This tool was essential to give the butter a finished and pleasing appearance, ready to be stored or sold.
Use
- Areas of use
- agro-sylvo-pastoral activities
- Specific use
- milk processing
- Craft
- farmer
Preserved specimen
Butter knife, geometric, decorative function, made with carving.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s040-00115
