OUR COLLECTION OF OLD TOOLS AND ITEMS
Over the years, we have collected old fishing tools, agricultural tools, equipment used in fishing, objects used in everyday use, but also clothes and other things that we found interesting.
Objects that were used in the past are displayed throughout the entire area of the restaurant. Next to each item there is a QR code, and by hovering your mobile phone camera over it, the link will take you to a website with a description of the item, i.e. for what purposes it was used.
FISHING NET TRAWL
Also known as the girarica net, it was dragged with a small thrust to a maximum depth of 20 meters. The fish that was caught with it was the mullet (manula), mussels, cuttlefish, mullet, etc. Today it is banned because it destroys the diversity of the fish stock in the coast.
FISHING NET ''POPUNA''
A trophilic net with a small "eye" was used to catch all the fish that lived in the place where the net would "sink". Today, this type of net is prohibited if it has an "eye" of less than 16 cm, because it destroys the young fish.
FISHING NET "BUSKAVICA"
The mesh net, with a mesh size of about 1.5 - 1.7 cm, is used to catch manula fish. It was used in such a way that the net would be drowned near a school of fish, and then a large stick that has a flat flail at the end ("pobuk") would be beaten on the surface of the sea iso the fish would get scared and flee into the net. Today, the "pobuk" is prohibited.
A NET PATCHING NEEDLE
A mega patching needle, made as a reminder that the wooden netting needles were used before, custom made by a local carpenter. In the past, only wooden needles were used for patching nets, as opposed to today's plastic and metal ones. There used to be 5 needleworkers in the village whose primary activity was making needles. The last one stopped working in 2020.
BIG FERAL
A gas-powered light that was used on purse seiners, on the so-called "kanaštrela" - a small wooden boat, before electricity generators came into use.
LITTLE FERAL
A petrol powered light, it was used during mollusc fishing (octopus and cuttlefish) with spears. It wasn't used while fishing small pelagic fish because it did not have enough power to create light to attract fish.
NAVIGATION LIGHTS
Copper navigation lights, which were mounted on the masts, marked the front, back and sides of the ship, in order to signal to the other ships in which direction the ship was going. They ran on petrol and gas.
WOODEN PULLEY
Pulleys used to lift anchors, raise and lower masts, lift cargo and fishing nets.
SMALL TRAPS
Small traps for catching fish that lives up to a depth of 2 meters, for example bream or flounder, sometimes even crabs.
WOODEN FISHING BOXES
Wooden fishing boxes were used until the appearance of plastic fishing boxes in the 1970s. They were made by the factory in Kali, called "Drvorad".
A WOODEN BOAT
A small, auxiliary wooden fishing boat, which used its big light to draw the fish away from the main fishing boat so that the shoal could be surrounded with a net.
THE "BOLUNČA"
A scale that was used to weigh fish weighing from 1 to 5 kilos. It was used until the 1960s.
SPRTA
A basket used instead of a bag, which fishermen would fill with wine, bread and dry figs to carry it to the fishing boat, and when returning from fishing, they would use the basket to carry the fish.
SIKNJICA
A small wicker bowl used for carrying fish, either from the market to the house or from the house to the sea where fish are usually cleaned. This type of bowl was made in Kukljica (the village place south of Kali). Here you can see a video of the last man who was manufacturing it.
KOPANJICA
A bowl used by women in the past for kneading bread dough. It was used to carry the dough to the ovens of the locals who had wood-fired bread ovens. In our house there was a bread oven where the other locals used to come to bake their bread for the whole week (7 pieces + 1 "ujun" which was a compensation to the owner of the oven - it was half the size of the regular bread).
LITTLE BRUZIN
A small iron cooking bowl used for prepairing meals on open fire. Fishermen always had this kind of cooking bowl on the fishing boat.
BIG BRUZIN
A large metal bowl used for preparing meals on open fire for the whole crew of the fishing boat. Mostly was used for preparing a traditional Kali meal, called ''kualjski brudet''.
OSTI
Called "uosti" in Kali dialect, a fishing spear is used most often in hunting for molluscs. At night, people went out with a small boat equipped with a light (to attract fish) along the very edge of the coast, in the shallows. As soon as someone sees a fish, they approach it as close as they can and hit it with the spear.
TRENOGE
Used as a stand for the bowls for cooking food over the fire, "trenoge" were present at every fishing boat.
MAST
A mast that was placed on the wooden fishing boat was used to hold the sailcloth.
STONE FROM THE BRUSNIK ISLAND
The stone with a characteristic appearance brought from the island Brusnik, visited while fishing for tuna. During the tuna fishing season, the area around the island of Brusnik is a common area for finding tuna.
WOODEN OARS
In the past, wooden oars were the only type of boat propulsion. People were very strong and durable - they had to row for a long time to get to the fishing spots, and also after catching fish, they had to bring the boat to the coast as soon as possible.
DAMIŽANA
An essential part of the equipment for going fishing. Mostly being used for carrying wine, it was also used for water and olive oil.
BARILO
A wooden container used for salting sardines. A row of sardines, then a row of salt, were interchanged until it was filled. A wooden board would be placed on top, and a large heavy stone would be placed on top of it to press the fish so that the liquid would be pressed out of it. The fish would be ready for consumption after 8 winter months. If it was salted in the summer months, the fish would be ready sooner.