RYE BREAD & SOURDOUGH

FEBRUARY 2026

A Kneading Trough With Latvian Ethnographic Patterns (Edgars and Zigrīda Švinka)

Adelaide, Australia

This wooden kneading trough was made by Edgars Švinka for his wife Zigrīda after they arrived in Adelaide, Australia. Zigrīda used the trough for many years, when baking rye bread. The trough was donated to the museum by Edgars and Zigrīda’s daughter, Rasma Lācis.

Photo from the collection of the museum “Latvian’s Abroad”.

Edgars and Zigrīda Švinka in Adelaide, Australia.

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