Museo dell'intreccio mediterraneo di Castelsardo

Medium-size box with cover, with oval handle and geometric decoration. The weaving technique is spiral twined coiling; it is made of straw, the only plant that grows in pre-Saharan Africa.

Medium-size basket with a central 8-pointed star, surrounded by a wavy Greek fret. The bronze colour has been obtained from the oxidation of iron. The weft is made of rough raffia, and the warp of seagrass. Weaving technique: spiral twined coiling.

Small-size blue basket, with natural raffia as contrasting colour. Decorations in negative, with central floral motif and Greek fret on the sides. Brim is indented, with a double spike (bicchi) ornament.

Colourful basket with Bulgarian ornament and double spike (bicchi) indented brim. The weft is made of rough raffia, and the warp of seagrass. Weaving technique: thin intertwined coiling.

Basket decorated with a simple Greek fret. The simple Greek fret (meander) is an ancient decoration pattern. Castelsardo local name: Caneltredda. It is made of rough raffia with a bronze colour raffia decoration (bronze colour is obtained from iron oxide).

Large basket, embellished with floral decorations of lilies (su lillu) and roses. Weaving technique: spiral twined coiling. The warp is made of wheat straw, and the weft is made of rush. Decorated in red fabric.

Dwarf palm-leaves Corbula with floral decoration (three brown roses). Castelsardo local name: Colbula a puntu. The weaving technique is fixed-stitch coil; the warp is made of seagrass, the weft of dwarf palm leaves.

Low and round eel pot. Local name: Piskedda de tenner ambidda. Made of esparto grass with a rush string finishing.

Vessel made with bundles of sawtooth sedge, ropes and wood. Dimensions: length 350 cm; width 95 cm.

Cylindrical basket used for fish transport. Castelsardo local name: Sporta de gattucciu pintadu.Cylindrical basket used for fish transport. Castelsardo local name: Sporta de gattucciu pintadu.

The weaving technique is fixed-stitch coil; the warp is made of seagrass, and the weft is made of dwarf palm leaves and rough raffia. Geometric pattern.

Bouquet of woven wheat spikes. Spike bouquets were given as good luck charms.

Asphodel large corbula with leather bottom. Local name: Orve impedda. Dimensions: base diameter 34.5 cm; top diameter 35 cm; height 17 cm.

Basket decorated with three russet birds on branches. Castelsardo local name: Canelthru. It is made of rough natural raffia and decoration is made of rust brown raffia.

Medium-size basket decorated by a central negative 6-point star surrounded by an amaranth 12-points star. The weft is made of rough raffia, and the warp of seagrass. The weaving technique is spiral twined coiling.

Large sieve; Castelsardo local name: S’Azzu. The weaving technique of the sides is spiral twined coiling; the warp is made of wheat straw, the weft of rush.

Small basket decorated with a red geometric pattern. The weaving technique is spiral twined coiling; the warp is made of seagrass, the weft of dwarf palm leaves; the geometric pattern is created with coloured natural raffia.

Small corbula with spiral decoration, made of rough raffia and decorated with coloured raffia: Castelsardo local name: Corbuledda cun coda zefaru. The weaving technique is intertwined coiling; the warp is made of seagrass, the weft of rough raffia.