Cross-border database on the cultural heritage of the Slovenian-Hungarian cross-border region – from 120 selected settlements of the Prekmurje Region in Slovenia and Vas County in Hungary
Objects
Flax comb from Felsőszölnök
flax comb
Ferenc Bajzek
1879
A wooden base carved from a single piece of wood, with pointy teeth at the end. This was used to pull the flax seeds off the top of the plant. In Hungary it was used only in the westernmost part of Transdanubia. It is widespread among Slovenians.
Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object
Pável Ágoston Helytörténeti és Szlovén Nemzetiségi Gyűjtemény, Szentgotthárd
83.3.16
Written sources
Szolnoky Lajos: Népi lenfeldolgozó eljárások a Dunántúlon. Néprajzi Közlemények, 1956
File name
SM_037_A_0001.jpg
Resolution
300 dpi
Restrictions on use
Korlátozott
Date of documentation
2019-09-16
Person documenting
dr. Horváth Sándor
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