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Traditional Mallorcan object

Portadora (grape-carrying tub)

At a glance

Container made of wooden staves to carry grapes or wine from the vineyard to the cup; also fruit, water or land (DCVB, or., occ., val., bal.).

Objects and tools
Traditional Mallorcan object
Words
portadora, «Ploure a portadores»
Events
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Farmer filling a carrier with grapes
Farmer filling a carrier with grapes — Mestres-Hero, Josep, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, Digital Memory of Catalonia (vía Europeana)

What is

Container made of wooden staves to carry grapes or wine from the vineyard to the cup; also fruit, water or land (DCVB, or., occ., val., bal.).

How is

  • Inverted cone trunk: taller than wide, narrower below.
  • Oval mouth and bottom, sometimes round.
  • Two side handles on the top (DCVB).
  • Iron or wooden hoops (to verify in Mallorcan pieces).

How is fa

Com s'usa

  • It is filled in the vineyard; two bearers ride on the beast's back, one on each side, or in the chariot (DCVB).
  • He overturns on the canyís of the cup .
  • Also sales measure: «figues de cofí, que van dotze quartos la carrier» (Vilanova, DCVB sv quarto; Catalan data).

Vocabulary

  • carrier - bears vintage.
  • carrier (Binissalem) — swing, swing board (DCVB).
  • «Ploure a carriers» — rain in torrents.
  • carrier (ant.) — box with handles and lock for travel.

History

  • 1299: "meter bagots ni venema rotda in the carriers" is prohibited (DCVB).
  • 1388: "duas carriers clausas" and "quinque paria carriers" in BSAL (DCVB) documents: transport boxes in Mallorca.
  • 20th century: plastic boxes replaced it (to verify).

On veure'n

  • Antique cellars and vintage festivals in Binissalem (to check the pieces on display).

Why is it design

  • Form that empties itself: the inverted cone tips over with one blow.
  • Oval: fits the side of the beast.
  • Pair: designed to go two by two, in balance.

For the project

  • Family "recipients in pairs": carrier, sàrria , garniments .
  • The meaning of Binissalem (swing) as a play on words in a piece.

Frequently asked questions

What is Portadora (grape-carrying tub)?

Container made of wooden staves to carry grapes or wine from the vineyard to the cup; also fruit, water or land (DCVB, or., occ., val., bal.).

What are the traditional words for Portadora (grape-carrying tub)?

Some words: portadora, «Ploure a portadores».

Sources

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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