Hand-painted :"Swedish Exhibit" Cardboard Sign solid The sculpture measures 16 1/4"

The sculpture measures 16 1/4" tall

with one small chip in the wood on one side

I've since learned  these types of fertility figures are made by the Sambura people of Kenya and that she is probably just a couple of decades old

I purchased it from a dealer who had purchased it

Hand-painted :"Swedish Exhibit" Cardboard Sign solid The sculpture measures 16 1/4"I dug this sign out of a box at the flea market last week; it struck me that if one were ever to need to paint a sign advertising a "Swedish Exhibit", this would be exactly the sign to make! Blue and yellow like the Swedish Flag, and with hand painted text that, having spent a little time in Sweden, seems to me to perfectly embody Sweden's distinct folky modern mix. Just a fun thing to have around. A little damage to the surface at lower left, wear