Lot n° 266
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Tablet N° 7 engraved with a drawing of three hunters in trad - Lot 266
Tablet N° 7 engraved with a drawing of three hunters in traditional Sami garb butchering a reindeer.
Signed JP on the recto with the text inscribed in ink on the verso.
Attached is a transcription in Swedish (?) by Berndt Helleberg.
23 x 11.5 cm.
20th century
Possible translation :
This is near Lake Saittas. At the ancient sacrificial site, pagan Lapps still make offerings to Seitan, while Christian Lapps pray to God the Father in heaven.
Provenance :
Berndt HELLEBERG Collection (1920-2008)
Passed down through generations
We present here a set of six light wooden tablets decorated with engraved and colored drawings depicting Sami folk myths or stories, carved by an artist who signs JP (probably JOHAN PEJOK). This collection was assembled in the early 1940s/1950s and partly transcribed into Swedish by Berndt Helleberg. The double-sided tablets are probably intended for passing on fairy tales to children. The configuration suggests that they were suspended, perhaps as a mobile or on the branches of a tree (?) to facilitate reading.
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