Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket carefully braided black thread hair

carefully braided black thread hair

This is a very lovely vintage Yup'ik (Northern Alaska Native American) coiled and lidded basket

Great condition

There are a few lighter striations on one side of the back

which included everything from shaker furniture to antique tools to mid-century modern art and ceramics

Swedish Hand-painted Wooden Plate with Skiing Couple Makah basket carefully braided black thread hairThis is one of a charming pair of vintage hand painted Swedish wooden plates, each featuring a couple this one skiing, the other by the sea. Both feature wood burned decorative garlands and the text "Minne frn Sverige" (souvenirs from Sweden) across their top rims. This plate with the skiing couple celebrates Lappland in the north, while the other represents Halland, on the western coast. The figures are warmly rendered in the style of beloved Swedish