Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 black and red lacquer a member of a family

a member of a family of well-known basket weavers

measuring bowls

Though largely self taught

I believe this load-bearing character is based on Tevye

Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 black and red lacquer a member of a familyI vividly remember visiting Skansenan open air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrializationon a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago, largely for the purpose of visiting their wonderful gift shop, where I loaded up on quintessentially Swedish gifts to bring home to friends and family. It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (minne, in Swedish, which