Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 fish shaped is a story

is a story

and as if it might be ancient

Signed by a Linda Hyda and dating to the 1930s-1940s

The reverse is great as well

Hand-painted Antique Wooden Souvenir from Skansen, Stockholm, 1898 fish shaped is a storyI vividly remember visiting Skansenan open air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrializationon a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago, largely for the purpose of visiting their wonderful gift shop, where I loaded up on quintessentially Swedish gifts to bring home to friends and family. It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (minne, in Swedish, which