Noi contribuții referitoare la viața și activitatea meșterului popular Găvrilă Hotico-Herenta (1870-1953)
New Contributions to the Study of the Life and Activity of Craftsman Gavrila Hotico-Herenta

Summary/Abstract: Our research, based on field investigations, aims to bring new information concerning the activity of one of the greatest craftsmen in Maramures, about whom we published an earlier study. Our purpose is to highlight the complexity and universal nature of this craftsman’s work.In the first part we treated, using supporting documents, the ancient tradition of wood processing in Ieud. The study’s investigation part consists in the analysis ofthe craftsman’s sculpture, both the monumental and the small size pieces, where we emphasized the ornaments. We also analysed his interest in making and decorating religious objects. Another section of our research was dedicated to the craftsman’s skills and talent as a carpenter and a peasant architect. Then we analysed his skills in building peasant installations, and in performing other jobs as well: cooper, smith,peasant tailor or religious object painter. We did not omit his contribution to installing,in the Village Museum, several ethnographic objectives, transferred from Maramures to the Village Museum in Bucharest.Our research ends with an overview of the craftsman’s ability to maintain cooperation and friendship with great ethnologists of his time.

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