Five Sweet Little Carved, Painted Erzgebirge Animals earthy planter I'm drawn to Inuit pieces

I'm drawn to Inuit pieces that hold multiple gestures or states of being in balance

It feels to me that there is some sort of foam inside as well as some crinkly paper

this handsome guy

6 3/16" tall x 2 3/16" wide and deep

with some burnishing/surface loss along top edge and some surface cracking around the bunny (shot with several times magnification

Five Sweet Little Carved, Painted Erzgebirge Animals earthy planter I'm drawn to Inuit piecesJust as I believe one can never have too many color cubes, so do I believe one can never have too many little carved German Erzgebirge animals (or houses for that matter!) And the paint on these, especially on the creamy white and orange little piggies, is excellent. There were a few others in this batch with lost limbs, so they don't stand (I didn't photograph them) i'll happily send them along, too. (I've seen toothpicks work pretty well as peg