Inventory | Ethnography | Staio
- Common name
- Staio
- Dialect name
- stee
- Material
- iron
Description
The staio was a cylindrical iron vessel used to measure quantities of grain. The top mouth was pierced by an iron splint attached at the edges and in the center by a needle starting at the bottom. Grains were poured inside and leveled to the height of the iron loop placed along the diameter.
Use
- Areas of use
- agro-sylvo-pastoral activities
- Specific use
- measuring instrument
- Craft
- farmer
Preserved specimen
Cylindrical iron vessel, corresponding to a unit of measurement, the upper mouth of which is diametrically crossed by an iron splint attached at the edges and in the center by a needle from the bottom.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00196
