Title

Tomte: Wood Carving

Count

1

Description

A wood carving of a tomte, or tomten (also known as a nisse, or gnome), made of wood and paint.  Features a blue body, red hat, mittens and shoes/feet/base, white hair and beard, and a natural wood face with both carved and painted features.  Standing figure depicts raised arms and bent knees.  One of a set of four matching figures, see also WC-0038a-25, WC-0038b-25 and WC-0038c-25.  Original Gammelgarden artifact number H-0669-08.  Unattributed.