Thursday, October 12, 2017

Keschtnriggl




"Keschtnriggl" in Völlan /Foiana - Adige Valley

This sculpture represents an ancient instrument for peeling chestnuts

5 comments:

Lowell said...

Well, you'd have to have some mighty big chestnuts to peel in order to use this thing. I've never seen such a peeler, and it's a wonderful sculpture!

Tom said...

...mighty big chestnuts.

William Kendall said...

I wouldn't have known that!

italiafinlandia said...

Veramente notevole. Tradizionale e in certo qual modo storico!

Bill said...

I never knew that. An interesting sculpture, I like it too.

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