German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links and perhaps simultaneously use the

and perhaps simultaneously use the bowl as a holder for a handful of paperclips

I believe) wool weft on cotton warp in a great

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The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

but I think it would make a great little planter or paperclip holder

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links and perhaps simultaneously use theI must say I find this unusual old pair of German cutout wooden figures quite compelling, and also problematic, which is I think in large part what makes them compelling. His very particular posture seems a pure embodiment of lustfulness, amplified (and made rather ridiculous to a modern eye) by his traditional lederhosen, while her serious expression complicates the gesture of her raising the skirt corner of her dirndl (in the other direction) making