Inventory | Ethnography | Setaccio
- Common name
- Sieve
- Material
- wire, wood
Description
The sieve was used to filter flour and other foods. It consisted of a wooden board with honeycombed iron wires supporting thin concentric threads. The food was agitated in the sieve to separate coarse particles. Made of wood and iron, it required processing by screening, bending, sanding, and forging.
Use
- Areas of use
- economy and domestic rituals
- Specific use
- filter
- Craft
- domestic use
Preserved specimen
object formed by a circular wooden board to which are attached iron wires arranged in a halo, supporting a dense array of thin, concentric wires.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00418
