Carved wooden figurines

Picked these three figurines up earlier. A right happy bunch. The female seems to have a peg or a stump in her hand. Not sure if she was supposed to have an axe to match the man's. The taller two are 19cm tall. The shorter fellow is 11cm tall.

 

Google led to many that look like the couple, with the same style of the bases, originating from Canada.

 

The lady one looks similar to some Russian work. My grandparents had a couple, man and women like that, but they were painted.

 

Could be Swiss.

 

Or Polish.

Debora

 

Thanks guys. The results I was getting were mainly 'Canadian folk'. Guess they could be from anywhere then

 

the Quebec folk art carvings.....with similar base..... are almost always signed ..
they are regionally specific ...



the small guy is a delight !!!!

 

The little guy seems to be Sancho Panza ...
https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek...-van-don-quichot-en-schildjongen-sancho-panza

https://www.etsy.com/listing/175168...search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1

 

Does look like it might be Sancho Panza. So perhaps we should assume the couple are too.

Debora

 

Do you think they're meant to be holding staffs that have broken off?

Debora

 

Quite possibly. Theres something that doesn't add up. The man's axe has wood glue around the base. The lady seems to be holding a small peg and I can't understand why. It doesn't look like there's a break and it's well whittled but likely a good cover up

 

Thanks for info guys