Chests – (Anonymous, Catalan) ◄ Anterior Próximo ►

Artist: Anonymous, Catalan

museu: Gipuzkoa Heritage Collection Centre (Irun, Spain)

Técnica: Iron

The kutxa (chest) is one of the most representative objects of Basque furniture. Common to all homes, they were used to store a range of items including bedlinen and food (garai-kutxa in the case of wheat, gazi-kutxa for salted food). When used to store grain, the seed for the next year