Art, Symbol & Imagination
Antlered Perchten Carnival Mask
A long pointed face carries a tall forked antler and a small dark circular eye. The source identifies a Perchten figure associated with the carnivals of Pinzgau and Pongau in the Austrian Tyrol.
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Maker and photographer uncredited. "Antlered Perchten Carnival Mask" [editorial title]. In Masks and Demons, Kenneth Macgowan; with Herman Rosse’s theatrical research and line drawings. Harcourt, Brace edition, 1923, 1923, Harcourt, Brace and Company. Source scan leaf 92. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/library-0464-090
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Maker and photographer uncredited. Antlered Perchten Carnival Mask. Masks and Demons. Scan leaf 92. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/library-0464-090