Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2013)
I. Studii şi articole
Furcile de tors din colectia Muzeului Etnografic din Reghin BIBLIOGRAFIE CURSARU, Simona Maria, Furca de tors in cadrul colectiei de artä populará ín lemn a Complexului National Muzeal „ASTRA”, in „Transilvania”, 7-8, Sibiu, 2005, p. 100-103. DIACONESCU, Aurelia, Furcile de tors din colectiile etnografice muresene, in „Marisia - Etnografie, Artä, Artä popularä, XXVIII”, Tärgu-Mures, 2005, p. 195-215. Idem, Furca de tors - unealtä si obiect de artä popularä, in Informatia de Mures, 9 august 2007, disponibil la adresa de internet http:// www.infoms.r0/traditii/traditii-detalii/article/754/59/neste/5. html?tx ttnews%5BpS%5D=i55ioi6564&cHash-7e85oc5of6; cercetat la data de 11 mai 2012. IDZVOREANU Stefanovici, Branislava, Furca de tors. Unealtä si simbol, Muzeul Banatului, Timisoara, f.a. KOS Károly, Colectia de furci de tors a Muzeului Etnografic al Transilvaniei, in „Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Transilvaniei”, 1968-1970, Cluj-Napoca, 1971, p. 185-224. TURCUS, Aurel, Furcile de tors de la Muzeul Banatului, in „Tibiscus”, 1975, Timisoara, p. 211-225. DISTAFFS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM FROM REGHIN Spinning is an occupation attested ever since the Iron Age, due to archaeological discoveries occurred throughout whole country, discoveries that revealed whorls made of burnt clay, stone or bone. Wood distaffs of reduced dimensions, held by spinners are mentioned later on, during antiquity, materials destined for clothes being remembered also by ancient writers. The collections of the Ethnographical Museum from Reghin comprise 54 distaffs. Typologically they are simple, round, having the staff in shape of spear; we also encounter long distaffs which were fastened between the floor of the house and ceiling, but also distaffs with base, specific to the Hungarians. Next to artistic quality expressed by decoration, that of symbol of works and crafts, the distaff also holds the attribute of document, which results from inscriptions incised on these objects. Distaff as ethnographical display remains actual, either it is used as tool in every day life in traditional household for spinning the woolen or 51
