Sardinia Traditional and Artistic Bread Archive

The Sardinians reveal a particular talent in religious, sophisticated and imaginative subjects. Or extremely simple as in the case of the coin-bread offered as a wish for good luck...Ikonographia’s archive presents a curated selection of these unique objects, photographed by Roberto Bigano

The collection includes

• Coccoi Pintau, “painted bread” in the Sardinian dialect, shaped like a dragon, or a mythological figure, and it is for everyday use.

• Calendar Bread, baked at the beginning of Lent, usually in the form of a doll. Every week, leading up to Easter, one leg is removed.

• Wedding Bread , or weddings, the variety and fantasy of bread creations reaches its peak. Bread of the bride, wedding party favor bread given to all of the guests and finally the apotheosis of “The bride’s bread”, incredibly virtuous.

• Easter Bread. Easter is another occasion in which dedicated imaginative and artistic bread is prepared, with or without hard-boiled eggs, doves, peacocks and birds in general.

• Symbolic and Religious Bread. The Sardinians reveal a particular talent in religious, sophisticated and imaginative subjects. Or extremely simple as in the case of the coin-bread offered as a wish for good luck.

• Toy Bread. Bread dough is also used to make toys. Sardinian mums love to tap into their creativity by creating handbags, birds, dolls.

• Traditional Easter Bread & Egg Dolls. Finely decorated bread and egg dolls are impressive. They are typical of the province of Nuoro and are often “dressed” with imaginative artisan fabrics.

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