Target with picture“The last post office”Wood, paintedProbably Salzkammergut, dat. 1850Inventoried 1912Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/28649In 1912 Konrad Mautner donated thesefour targets to the museum. He is listed inthe inventory book as C(onrad).MPTarget with picture“Nikolai Schiessen”Wood, paintedSalzkammergut, c. 1850Inventoried 1912Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/28650TargetWood, paintedProbably Salzkammergut, c. 1850Inventoried 1912Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/28651Target with picture of KremsmünsterAbbeyWood, paintedProbably Salzkammergut, c. 1850Inventoried 1912Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/28652Notebook entry“Der Forstmeister”Paper, board, leather1910Museum acquisition: to be determinedVolkskundemuseum Wien,ÖMV without inv. no.Unused publication submissionwith notes and photos of targetsBy Konrad MautnerPaper, board, photographsVienna, c. 1911Inventoried 1915Volkskundemuseum Wien AÖMV/2858(Fig. 1)In 1911 Konrad Mautner published a long,illustrated essay inZeitschrift für öster-reichische Volkskundeon targets from theAussee region. Target shooting, he wrote,had been popular with Alpine peoples since“time immemorial”. He was particularly inter-ested in the poetry, occasionally inscribedon the targets, which referred to localevents. At the end of the essay he mentionsan excursion with museum director, MichaelHaberlandt to conduct an interview inAltaussee.MPEssay“Alte und neue Scheibenam Grundlsee, bäuerlicheGelegenheitsdichtungen und Malereiender Ausseer Gegend”By Konrad MautnerInZeitschrift für österreichische Volkskunde,1911, pp. 113–47Volkskundemuseum Wien,library number: N:70 150115