Popular crafts in wood elaboration, in urban communities Asunción, Areguá and Tobatí (Paraguay)

  • Bonifacia Benítez Laboratorio de Análisis de Recursos Vegetales, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
  • Fidelina González Laboratorio de Análisis de Recursos Vegetales, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
  • Samuel Pérez Laboratorio de Análisis de Recursos Vegetales, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
  • Siemens Bertoni Facultad Ciencias de la Producción, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Paraguay.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/BOCM.61374
Keywords: handicrafts, native species, degraded forest, commercialization, Paraguay.

Abstract

Studies were carried out on popular wood crafts in Asunción, Aregua and Tobatí. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied, with evaluation of 20 domestic units, 8 commercial centers and 40 interviews with qualified informants. 9 families, 11 genera and 13 tree species were identified. The species with higher Value of Use (VU) were Bulnesia sarmientoi, 11.7; Cedrela fissilis, 8.7 and Handroanthus heptaphyllus, 4.5. Household members obtained raw materials from degraded forests, factories and occasional vendors; with little, medium and intense level of use depending on the species. Eleven groups of craft objects were identified. The identified actors were: collector of wood pieces, craftsman and seller. The manufacturing process consists of: drying, cutting, carving and/or turning, sanding, polishing or painting. Three types of marketing channels were identified, as well as the influence of three main anthropological currents: aboriginal, Jesuit/Franciscan, and cultural ancestry of the neighboring countries.

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Benítez B., González F., Pérez S. y Bertoni S. (2018). Popular crafts in wood elaboration, in urban communities Asunción, Areguá and Tobatí (Paraguay). Botanica Complutensis, 42, 149-160. https://doi.org/10.5209/BOCM.61374
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Vol. 42 (2018)
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