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Italian Wooden Sun Face Mask Carving by Hermann Reichegger
$1,087.09
£795
€934.32
CA$1,513.07
A$1,623.25
CHF 870.68
MX$19,543.74
NOK 10,975.93
SEK 10,008.53
DKK 6,980.63
About the Item
A wonderfully detailed sun face mask carving by Hermann Reichegger, of the Ahrntal Valley
Due to its remote geographical location, the Ahrntal valley remained a high valley untouched by external influences for a long time. Due to poor road conditions, transport and sales difficulties for the farmers' products and the resulting lack of cash, farmers in the Ahrntal valley were largely forced to provide for themselves. Agriculture and local crafts were the livelihoods of the population.
Every farm had a special room (called "Machkammer") equipped with various tools, which were used to produce household and work utensils. Many farmers owned beautifully situated alpine pastures on the northern side of the Zillertal Alps, where their cattle grazed throughout summer. Shepherds had to keep an eye on the grazing cattle, but since this was a rather boring task, they tried to pass the time with various games and activities. Since each shepherd carried a pocketknife with him, it was only natural to carve various grimaces and masks from the surrounding roots and wooden sticks. The carvings were brought down to the valley together with the cattle in autumn and then hung up in the farmhouse parlour.
Already before World War I, tourism was slowly built up in the Ahrntal valley, but it was interrupted by the time of the war and fascism. In the 1950s and 1960s, the situation calmed down and tourists slowly started to come back to the Ahrntal valley, and some of them started to buy these original carvings. Some resourceful farmers recognised the opportunity and started carving to gain an additional income.
The "Motzile-farmer" Hermann Reichegger states that the devil himself appeared to him while he was carving a devil mask, and since then he has known exactly how such a carved devil mask should look like. Primarily, masks with faces of witches and devils as well as suns were carved. The sun can now also be found on the advertising brochures of the Ahrntal valley and has become, so to speak, a seal of quality of this natural and unspoilt holiday region.
Height 58 cm x Depth 9 cm
Face is 16 cm Diameter
- Dimensions:Height: 3.55 in (9 cm)Diameter: 22.84 in (58 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950 s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Hastings, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: sun mask1stDibs: LU3311345471292
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