German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links which also make pretty nice

which also make pretty nice little pedestals

but this is the first one I've found with a painted wood handle

as pictured) and one hoe with a couple of broken prongs

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

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links which also make pretty niceI 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