Since the figure depicted here is holding a rifle, I would not identify it as a "Shepherd Boy" (as the title of this highlight is), but rather consider it a classic depiction of a hunter.

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The wooden figure is the “Schäferbürchen”, a shepherd who looks after sheep.

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