Watering bucket from Kercaszomor

watering bucket

Antal Kapornaki

ca. 1946

Wooden iron bucket with a long carrying handle on one side. It was used to water cows. Among the Slovenians of Vas County it is known as “pitle”. It is a German loan word.

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Materials and techniques: wooden, iron
Name of site: Kercaszomor
Other settlement names: Kercza, Kercsicza, Kercscha, Kertza, Kerchicza. Szomoróc, Szomorocz, Szomorotz, Szomorócz, Szomorovczi, Somorócz
Place of origin/discovery: Kercaszomor
Specialist description: Keményfából faragott. Széle kopott, ahol a jószág lerágta. Drót van beleverve, hogy megvédjék a kopástól. Kapornaki Antal faragóember készítette a maga használatára, állatai itatására 1956-ig.
Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object: Savaria Múzeum 60.203.4
Written sources: Paládi-Kovács Attila, Magyar Néprajz II. Gazdálkodás. Budapest, 2001. 703.
File name: SM_058_A_0001 .jpg
Resolution: 300 dpi
Restrictions on use: Korlátozott
Date of documentation: 2019-02-13
Person documenting: Mukicsné Kozár Mária

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