In the typically furnished cave dwelling in Vico Solitario the famers lifestyle is well represented.
The decor, with household objects, takes us back in time: the kitchen, the frame, the traditional clay pot from which the family shared the dish, the brazier, the tub to wash clothes, and the stamp of the bread (used to recognize their own piece after firing in the common oven), the hand drill to repair the broken pots are just some of the objects that the visitor can find in the typical dwelling of Sassi's farmers.
The bed, with mattress filled with wool and maize leaves depending on the seasons of the year, was set very high to ward off the bed damp floor. Under the bed, wrapped in straw, the fruits of wild pear were often left to mature and sometimes that place housed the mother hen with chicks too. The barn for the cow, the mule or the horse is positioned at the bottom of the house, while the front serves as a kitchen, living room, dining room and bedroom. All around is the furniture of the household, including the grain bucket, the food storage, the clothes drawers and the tools used for field work .
For the physiological needs they used the "cantero": a painted clay pot. The duct system, found next to the front door, channeled rainwater into the cistern dug into the cave.
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