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Ethnographic drawing - a traditional thresher

Fernando Galhano20th century

Museum of Ethnology & Museum of Popular Art

Museum of Ethnology & Museum of Popular Art
Lisboa, Portugal

Ethnographic drawing of an object from the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology (Inv. Nr.: AR.798), depicting, from several perspectives, a "trilho", a traditional thresher of the "plostellum" type. This instrument was used until the mid-20th century for the threshing of wheat in Melides, Grândola, in the South of Portugal.

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  • Title: Ethnographic drawing - a traditional thresher
  • Creator: Fernando Galhano
  • Date Created: 20th century
  • Location Created: Archives of National Museum of Etnology
  • Physical Dimensions: 43 cm x 30.5 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Collection: National Museum of Ethnology. Image: DGPC/ADF
  • Medium: Tracing paper, India ink
  • Catalog number: MNE: F.1.114
Museum of Ethnology & Museum of Popular Art

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