Clothing
Winter hat with Swedish Dala horses
- Item Number
- 145
- Estimated Value
- 50 USD
- Sold
- 75 USD to pg796c2ec
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Windhorse Equine Learning (tax ID 454587736) on behalf of the winner.
- Number of Bids
- 11 - Bid History
Item Description
The Dala Horse is a colorful carved wooden horse, a traditional symbol of Sweden. The name comes from the horse's home province, Dalarna, in central Sweden. Dina Warren, the knitter, a long-time volunteer and supporter of Windhorse, offers this legend of the Dala Horse:
In the winter of 1716, while King Charles XII of Sweden waged war throughout most of Europe, many soldiers were quartered in private homes in the mora area of Sweden. Because of the severe winter and the war, all suffered from lack of food and warmth. Tradition has it that one such soldier, in his spare time, carved a Dala horse from some scrap wood in the home where he was staying. Before presenting it to the child of the home as a gift, he painted it a bright red. This was a readily available color in this area, being produced from the copper mine at the nearby community of Falun. The soldier decorated the horse with Kurbit painting for the harness and saddle. The use of Kurbits as decorative motifs on the horse came from the soldier's deep religious background. It is the Kurbit (or gourd) plant which grew up around Jonah as he sat outside the city of Ninevah and protected him from the sun's devastating rays. In return for this bright toy, the woman of the house gave the soldier a bowl of soup. He made another horse and received another bowl of soup. When word of his success in bartering for food reached the other soldiers, they, too, began carving and painting horses in exchange for food. Thus, the Dala horse is credited in part with the army's surviving the cruel winter. (Hemslojd).
I knitted it from beautiful wool from Montana and Scotland. It is my Dala horse offering of love in an effort to help kids prosper through partnership with horses during this long, hard pandemic.
Donated By:
Dina Warren
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