ITEM 33465
Tschäggättä Carnival Mask
Switzerland
19th / very early 20th century
Ex Collection Marc and Ruth Franklin
Wood, pigment
13″H x 7.5″W / 33 x 19 cm
Price: $7500
Thought to be extending from pagan rituals to the sun, the masquerade tradition was sanctified by the Church for Candlemas in early February. This gave unmarried young men and women a chance to meet and flirt. Likely from the remote Swiss valley of Lötschental. Inscribed “Rabensteiner”
