The ethnographic section of the Cavallino della Giara Museum is developed in the different rooms of the restored and musealized Serra house. Tools from the work of the fields, carpenter, and shepherd, as well as kitchen and bedroom objects from the early 1900s create a pleasant and informative museum tour. The presence of the objects and their significance are complemented by video interviews with local elders who tell about the tools and the history of the village. The ethnographic section of the museum is documented by Prof. Giulio Angioni giving a broader view on Sardinian demoethnoanthropology and generating a dialectical relationship between local and regional.
The museum has about 400 pieces, which have been restored, catalogued and indexed following ICCD cataloguing standards
The exhibits are donations from local people, who preferred to preserve their historical memory within the museum. Each object that is received in the museum follows a long path of preparation for display. Cleaning and disinfestation mark the first moments, the second step is the inclusion in the inventory to then be catalogued.
A key step in exposure is the historical reconstruction of the object. Not all instruments offer in the immediate, with clarity, what purpose and use they were created for. Above all, not always, the donor is aware of this. At this point, the process of study begins; one searches cultural heritage catalogs for similar objects. Uses in other regions are investigated. People in the community who may, by affinity, be familiar with the instrument are interviewed. At the conclusion, of this lengthy process, one is usually able to discover the purpose and use of the mystery object. Inspired by this process, we set up guided tours by going through “guess what it is?” A game that involves the youngest but also adults who rediscover in the playful moment the pleasure of discovery.
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