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Objekt 7

Noah's Ark

Description

A very typical manufacturing technique for the Erzgebirge is the so-called hoop turning. In this process, round wooden hoops are turned on a lathe, the profiles of which correspond to the outlines of various animals. Then the tires are divided into narrow segments, which already correspond to the raw shape of animals.

Object description

Saxony, Erzgebirge, around 1870/80

Wood, turned, carved, painted

Inv. 1958.196. Gift Esther Refardt-Sarasin, Basel.

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