German 1943 R. Schmidt Woodland Animals Mixed Media Drawing drying rack Plus that fabulous fin-like mane

Plus that fabulous fin-like mane

boxes inside of boxes on top of boxes and so on

making me pretty certain this is was a souvenir knife from Tromso in Northern Norway--quite a fishing destination

larger stencils are 2 1/2" tall and smaller 2" tall

I find it really hard to pass by little carved wooden objects

German 1943 R. Schmidt Woodland Animals Mixed Media Drawing drying rack Plus that fabulous fin-like maneI'm completely charmed by this animal packed drawing, with its all over composition of creatures against solid black ink ground reminding me of some of my favorite Medieval tapestries (I've included one example in photos) and also hand painted designs on antique Chinese ceramics, ginger jars especially. And what a wonderful cast of creatures is it perhaps that owl in the tree and the wild boar best of all! some of them happily given little patches of