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THE  TYPES  

The Ollolai weavers produce a variety of baskets: from the corves to the cherrigos (one metre in diameter with 20 cm sides), from canisteddas to the small coinzolas.

The baskets that today we regard almost exclusively as artistic-handicraft objects, were and are used to carry food like sweets, bread, pasta and legumes.