Artesanato em Couro Cru (Guasqueria) em Jaguarão-RS.

Abstract

The guasqueria, is a craft that works with rawhide, has a technique of transmission of a know-how, in a process of creating objects that follows a dorsal structure, being: I) Carnear, II) Estaquear, III) Secar; IV) Lonquear; V) Sovar; VI) Tirar tentos e VII) Trançar. This craft is strongly related to the work of the champion / pawn, this figure who is always performing field tasks in the ranches, mainly with the aid of the horse. Therefore, the cattleman is also a guasqueiro. The objective of this dissertation was to understand the production and reproduction of this secular craft, verifying how the guasqueiros learned their techniques and create their works, also looking for the reasons that led these social subjects to produce guasquería. In order to understand these processes, a qualitative research of the exploratory type was used, with a method of semi-structured interviews for the collection of information with six of the city's residents. As a result, we can highlight that all the guasqueiros of this research follow the aforementioned dorsal structure to work the crude raw material. As well as the fact that they all lived in the countryside and worked as cattlemen, this is one of the main reasons to dedicate themselves to the craft of guasquear, mainly to repair their saddles. As well, they have learned this know-how by sharing knowledge among peasants. Finally, the production and reproduction of craftsmanship in rawhide, guasquería, occurs by the transmission of the technique from one subject to the other, especially when they work as a pawn. There is a sharing of knowledge. Making these subjects practicing this craft identify themselves as guasqueiros.