German Carved Wooden Faces of Max and Moritz by Heinzeller

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5" (13 cm.) Each is chip-carved face with defined and painted features, carved brown or red hair, hollow holes as eyes designed to allow light through. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: W. u M. Heinzeller Holzschnitzerei... Obergammergau (paper label). Comments: Germany, circa 1930s, the figures represent the storybook characters Max and Moritz. Value Points: amusing characterizations, original paper label.