Nagging Wife, Burdened Husband, Early German Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box animal puppets The manner of this graphite

The manner of this graphite and colored pencil drawing makes me think it is Lakota

and terrific red hand-painted capital lettering

He brings to life the rites of the countryside

I've never seen the likes of these

and a fantastic dry patina to that old piece of wood

Nagging Wife, Burdened Husband, Early German Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box animal puppets The manner of this graphiteI found a French version of this same early snuff box a year or two ago late 18th or very early 19th century, I believe so I jumped on this German version when I came across it (and as my French is much better than my non existent German, I was glad to already know the satirical humor embedded in it!) The text at bottom translates to the burden of the husband or the burden of the householdmeaning, essentially, what a lot of demands this fellow carries