a richly decorated blessing to ensure calm and lush weather supportive of the farmers annual cycle. it leverages a huge amount of related relics - from first half of 18th century

detail of the weather charm - highlighting the inclusion of the dead (see the tiny seed-skull) as relevant spiritual agents in protecting the crop from bad weather 

see the blog text for further detail and explanation

see the blog text for further detail and explanation

traditionally used as a votive offering for any illness related to the uterus which was imagined in folk-belief as a toad

a rare image of a 1707 box-bed heavily adorned and protected against evil with rich magical and Christian symbols

decoration in the exhibition to illustrate how herbs and stone-charms were traditionally used to ward off evil

originally placed in an old Austrian corn mill

used to shoot magically charged loud firecrackers into the new year night sky to ward off evil spirits for the coming year