Wooden chest

Unknown

1839

In the 19th century the wooden chest was an agricultural equipment. The decorated chests were used for storing clothes, most of them serving as dowry chests. In this chest seeds were stored. The chest is richly decorated with rosettes, stylized twigs, square mesh and empty rhombuses. It was med of beech. According to the year inscribed on its cover, it is the oldest wooden chest in Slovenia.

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Materials and techniques: wood, metal
Name of site: Kobilje
Other settlement names: Kebeleszentmárton, Kebele
Dimensions of the object (H/W/D): 111 cm / 58 cm / 87 cm
Place of origin/discovery: Kobilje
Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object: Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota. Inventarna številka E-1444.
Written sources: Pšajd, J., 2014. Škrinje so se ohranile, ljudje so pa že davno odšli. Murska Sobota: Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota.
File name: PMMS_061_A_0001
Resolution: 300 dpi
Restrictions on use: Brez omejitev
Date of documentation: 2019-11-28
Person documenting: Tadeja Andrejek

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