BATTAGLIA1925-012 - ethnographic attestation
Portole (Oprtalj), inland Istria
Croatia - Inland Istria - Southeastern Europe
Play / practical
Inland at Portole — today Oprtalj, on its hill above the Mirna — the rombo was known too: the usual rectangular tablet, ten centimetres of board, bored at one end for its little cord. Battaglia had the report from a correspondent in the town, one V. Sichich; no local name survived the telling.
A Portole … era anche conosciuto il rombo.
At Portole the rombo was known too.
Battaglia 1925, p. 210
- Object
- The usual rectangular tablet, about ten centimetres long, bored at one end to tie the little cord.
- Function
- Children's toy, known inland at Portole.
- Map confidence
- high - Oprtalj hill town, inland Istria.
- Source location
- Battaglia 1925, p. 210
- Toy / secular survival