Santon representing the country guard. No serious village without him, with his drum and his famous cocked hat, he is in rather good health and dressed in a blue blouse a little faded by our blazing sun. He has just announced to the good people of the village “la bellonouvellelo que Jésus es na” – the good news that Jesus was born.
The country guard becomes a law enforcement agent by registering in the Gendarmerie register, with whom he shares a common police mission: surveillance of the countryside. The hiring conditions subsequently lead mayors to recruit “Man Orchestras” who are asked to fulfill missions other than those for which they were created.
Handmade in Aubagne (France)
Size 7cm
Clay composition