Alsatian FOLK ART - Lot 118

Lot n° 118
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Alsatian FOLK ART - Lot 118
Alsatian FOLK ART Mill discharge chute (kleiekotzer) made of carved wood and metal, depicting the face of a man with his mouth open H 39 x W 48 x D 12 cm Signs of wear These carved wooden figures are not masks, but elements attached to the flour bin of old mills known as “bag mills.” They framed the opening through which the bran, separated from the flour, flowed out. With their gaping mouths, they “spewed out” the bran while protecting the mill’s contents. Their symbolic function was to scare away malevolent spirits that might taint the flour, which in the past was a carrier of ergot, a toxic fungus responsible for “the Ardents’ disease,” treated by the Antonite monks of Issenheim (Haut-Rhin).
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