A fine example of a contortionist mouth-puller with tresses ending in monster-heads,
and more reptilian monsters issuing from its mouth. This capital is a condemnation
of the 'unnatural' behaviour
associated with public entertainment - as are others in and on the same important
and impressive Pilgrimage church.
Aulnay: an exhibitionist acrobat.
Compare with a superb Herefordshire mouth-puller in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London >
Compare with a Spanish mouth-puller on a corbel >
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You-tube video of
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Dog-headed tongue-pullers with intertwined serpents for tails on another capital at Aulnay.
