{"id":3982,"date":"2016-03-03T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2016-03-17T14:01:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:01:44","slug":"tschaggatta-mask-from-the-swiss-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/tschaggatta-mask-from-the-swiss-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsch\u00e4gg\u00e4tt\u00e4 mask from the Swiss Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"aaaMystrySolvd-929\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I recently purchased this large old mask from a Canadian gentleman who had no knowledge of it’s origin or history. I’d guess it to be Eastern European, Tyrolean or possibly Swiss, but I’m not entirely certain where it’s from. I’m hoping you, or one of the many collectors who visit your site, may recognize it. It shows signs of use and has holes around the perimeter indicating it may have had a cloth or fur hood at one point. It also has a concave area surrounded by \u00a0holes on the back that most likely held padding in place for the comfort of the wearer. It measures approx 14″X 9″, medium weight wood, and has an attached nose.\u00a0 Dan, 929<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong>\u00a0 I believe it is a Tschaggatta mask from an isolated rural area of German-speaking Switzerland. The L\u00f6tschental valley is famous for its unique local custom involving the so-called Tsch\u00e4gg\u00e4tt\u00e4: frightening figures wearing furs and carved wooden masks<\/a> that walk the streets during carnival<\/a> tossing soot<\/a> at their unsuspecting victims.\u00a0 This one has a long crooked nose and a patina that suggests old age. The fur wig is missing. Whether or not it had padding on the rear, I don’t know.\u00a0 A nice piece for a serious collector or museum.\u00a0 A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 I recently purchased this large old mask from a Canadian gentleman who had no knowledge of it’s origin or history. I’d guess it to be Eastern European, Tyrolean or possibly Swiss, but I’m not entirely certain where it’s from. I’m hoping you, or one of the many collectors who visit your site, may recognize it. It shows signs of use and has holes around the perimeter indicating it may have had a cloth or fur hood at one point. It also has a concave area surrounded by \u00a0holes on the back that most likely held padding in place for the comfort of the wearer. It measures approx 14″X 9″, medium weight wood, and has an attached nose.\u00a0 Dan, 929 A:\u00a0 I believe it is a Tschaggatta mask from an isolated rural area of German-speaking Switzerland. The L\u00f6tschental valley is famous for its unique local custom involving the so-called Tsch\u00e4gg\u00e4tt\u00e4: frightening figures wearing furs and carved wooden masks that walk the streets during carnival tossing soot at their unsuspecting victims.\u00a0 This one has a long crooked nose and a patina that suggests old age. The fur wig is missing. Whether or not it had padding on the rear, I don’t know.\u00a0 A nice piece for a serious collector or museum.\u00a0 A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3982\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}