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  • Lesson Overview

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    • This lesson introduces the basic tools used in a mastic workshop.

  • Amia

    • Old, triangular agricultural tool used for cleaning the ground under the mastic trees in order to create a table. The cleaning with amia took place before embroidering the tree.

      amia


      3D Model - Amia

  • Athrimba

    • Cleaning tool
      Athrimba

      3D Model - Athrimba

  • Baltadaki

    • Used by mastic growers in the embroidering of the mastic tree, mainly to create incisions on the trunk and main branches.

      Baltadaki-01


      3D Model - Baltadaki 1

  • Baltadaki 2

    • Used by mastic growers in the embroidering of the mastic tree, mainly to create incisions on the trunk and main branches.

      Baltadaki-02

  • Baskets for mastic collection

    • Mastic growers used it while collecting mastic gum. The mastic basket was coated on the inside with cow dung, ash or white soil.

      Basket-01

      Basket-02

      Basket-03

      3D Model - Mastichokalatho

  • Bourboulakia

    • Small utensils for mastic, produced in Armolia. People used to place mastic inside in order to sell it or offer it to their friends and families. These utensils were also used by shops that sold mastic. The owners ordered them to the potters of Armolia, in big quantities. Such orders placed the Chios Gum Mastic Growers Association too. There are three sizes. The smaller one is called 'kleftiko' ('of the thief' in Greek). It could fit only a small amount of mastic and thus the buyer was cheated. The medium and large ones are called 'bourboulakia'. Today only the medium size exists. Nowadays people do not use them to store mastic. They are mainly decorative.

      Jar-01

      Jar-02

  • Dromoni

    • Used by the mastic growers for the first sifting of mastic to remove leaves, stones and twigs.

      Sieves

      Detail of dromoni-01


      3D Model - Dramoni

  • Gloves

    • Traditional gloves for the collection of mastic.

      Gloves

  • Handmade brooms

  • Hoe

    • A tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle used especially for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth around plants

      Pickaxe-01

      Pickaxe-02

  • Kenditiri1

  • Kenditiri2

    • Used by mastic growers to embroider the mastic tree.

      Kenditiri-02

  • Kenditiri3

    • Used by mastic growers to embroider the mastic tree.

      Kenditiri-03

      3D Model - Kenditiri 3

  • Kenditiri4

    • Used by mastic growers to embroider the mastic tree.

      Kenditiri-04

      3D Model - Kenditiri 4

  • Kenditiri5

    • Used by mastic growers to embroider the mastic tree.

      Kenditiri-05

      3D Model - Kenditiri 5

  • Pickaxe

  • Pruning hook

  • Rake

  • Saw

    • Used in the cultivation of mastic trees.

      Saw


      3D Model - Saw

  • Shelf

    • A flat horizontal plane that is used to hold items that are store or displayed. The "pies", engraved "pies" or mastic gum dragées are placed in rows of shelves and cooled with the flow of air that lowers their temperature from 50 to 35°C.


  • Shovel

    • Used for the cultivation of mastic trees.

      Shovel


      3D Model - Shovel

  • Sieve

    • It is used by mastic growers for the second sifting of mastic to separate the mastic pieces according to qualities.

      Detail of sieve-02

      Detail of sieve-03

      3D Model - Sieve 1

      3D Model - Sieve 2

  • Tsatali

  • Xystiri1

    • Old agricultural tool. It was used by mastic growers to collect mastic gum.

      Xystiri-01


  • Xystiri2

  • Xystiri3

  • Xystiri4

  • Xystiri5

  • Xystiri6