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Keywords: esparto, braided, atocha


Pleita: the esparto braiding


Title: Pleita: the esparto braiding
Category: Vegetable fibres
Country: Spain/Andalusia
Period: XX Century
Provided by: AE
Source: http://blogs.canalsur.es/documentacionyarchivo/la-...

Description:

Esparto: a humble vegetable fiber that transforms into the expert hands of the esparteros in beautiful designs of a practical nature. Traditional craftsmanship that gives shape from esparto and pleita, to tools for farming or house. We assist in the Jódar area (Jaén) to the process of making esparto objects, since the fiber is collected in the field until its braiding and final result.



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