Inventory | Ethnography | Martello piccolo
- Common name
- Small hammer
- Dialect name
- martell
- Material
- iron
Description
The small hammer was a tool consisting of a rather short handle with a symmetrical head that had two flat beating surfaces. This tool was used for rebating the edge of scythes and sickles. Sitting on the ground, the farmer would realign the edge of the cutting tools using the hammer. The tool was mainly used during haymaking, in the cellar, and was part of daily farming practices.
Use
- Areas of use
- agro-sylvo-pastoral activities
- Specific use
- haymaking
- Craft
- farmer
Preserved specimen
Tool consisting of a rather short handle, with a symmetrical head with two flat beating surfaces
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00132
