Farm scene Gender and social class Motherhood Family and relationships The attributes of motherhood in female representations have been found since ancient times in examples such as the so-called Venus figurines of the Palaeolithic Age, the images of breastfeeding...
Sultán style fan with exposed ribs Gender and social class Gender and clothing Gender and space The fan has moved beyond the social and courtly use of its 16th-century origins to become an everyday object. However, it was intimately linked with a...
Clothes iron Sexual division of labour Gender and social class Gender stereotypes: public / domestic The display cases before us contain basic tools for household chores such as ironing. Until the mid-1950s, irons were made of cast iron and heated on top of the...
Aixada de ganxo (two-prong hoe) Sexual division of labour Gender and social class Gender stereotypes: male hunter / female gatherer In rural environments, work was usually organized in family units of production, in which every member of the family did their bit....
Passementerie loom with Jacquard machines Gender roles Sexual division of labour Gender and social class In the 19th century, the association between sewing and femininity was reinforced: the ideal woman, angel of the home, was supposed to know how to sew, not to...
