MASK CEREMONIAL SU BOE OTTANA SARDINIA ITALY

Su Boe Ottana cm 14 x cm 55 TRADITIONAL MASKS OF SARDINIA FROM OTTANA(NUORO) AT OTTANA THE CARNIVAL IS CHARACTERISED BY THE SOS MERDULES AND “SOS BOES”: ANTROPOMORPHOUS AND ZOOMORPHOUS MASKS WHICH TOGETHER REPRESENT THE CIVILISED WORLD The costume of Merdules represents a rough, humpbacked and uncouth cattleman wearing sheep pelts. His face is hidden by a grotesque anthropomorphous mask which is called sa carazza. It is almost always made of wild pear-tree and sometimes is adorned with carvings and colored flourishing engraved on its surface.. DESCRIPTION : MASCHERA SU BOE DI OTTANA ARTIST : GRAZIANO VIALE LENGTH CM 55 INCH 21-1/2" BREADTH CM 14 -INCH 5- 1/2" MATERIAL CUOIO -LEATHER THIS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY ITALIAN MADE BY THE CRAFTSEMEN OF GRAZIANO VIALE IN SARDINIA (ITALY) NEW NEVER USED mask used in theater