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Museum of la Pauma

Mas de Barberans, Montsià, Tarragona

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Museum of la Pauma

Monument · Mas de Barberans, Montsià, Tarragona

The work of the pauma, the weaving of dried dwarf-palm leaves to make baskets and utensils, sustained the local economy until the 1970s. The museum, opened in 2010 at the rural development centre, preserves the trade, its tools and its vocabulary, and is also home to the information point of the Ports Natural Park. The building, four storeys adapted to the terrain's topography, devotes one room to the process of working the pauma, from the dwarf-palm plant to the finished piece, and another to the trade's social impact on the area; it also offers workshops in basketry and other plant fibres.

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Photo: Xavi.estelle (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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