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Roma coppersmith from Attica, late 1990's.

 

 

 

Roma tinker from Attica, late 1990's.

 

In Greece most cooking utensils (pots, frying pans) were made of copper until about 1960. Their production, trade and sale was practically a Roma affair; consequently the craft of the coppersmith is thought to be a Roma one. Similarly the repairers of utensils were usually Roma. Greek housewives trust the hawker - Roma tinker - who serves vast areas with his tools carried on his back.

 

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