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2020-10-14
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Title: Basket made of straw in Cyprus
Category: Vegetable fibres
Country: Paphos, Cyprus
Period: XX Century
Provided by: OPEI
Source: http://www.unesco.org.cy/Programmes-Basketry_and_s...
Description:
-The making of baskets from straws is a long tradition in cyprus, there are areas where to products are made up to date.
Wooden straws are used to make the baskets that were used in the household and agricaltural activities.
Sometimes the wooden straws were dyed making the baskets more beautiful and exhibiting them in the household as a decoration items.
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