Human skull · Europe, alpine · ID: 3037694
Description
painted with roses, a cross and the letters “GB”, min. dam.;
the practice of engraving and painting exhumed skulls spread throughout Europe from Brittany to the monasteries on Mt Athos. It is closely associated with the spread of charnel-houses, which originated at monasteries and were taken up by village communities. Well-known centres of this practice are the towns of Faistenau and Gilgenberg in Austria as well as Altötting, Wasserburg on the Inn and Utling in Bavaria.
L’objet Human skull avec l’ID d’objet 3037694 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 78th tribal art auction dans 18 octobre 2014. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 57 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 800 €.
Littérature comparée
Laue, Georg (Hg.), Memento mori, München 2002, p. 87