Snip Orakel Karten Mid-Century German Prophecy Cards horsehair barber's brush decorated with flowers and leaves

decorated with flowers and leaves around the middle and then great striped and triangle patterns around the neck and near the base

Great with a sprig or two of red berries or evergreen

I'd love to know what this is

It is in great vintage condition with a lovely patina

who I am guessing was this sailor's maker

Snip Orakel Karten Mid-Century German Prophecy Cards horsehair barber's brush decorated with flowers and leavesI can't read more than a few words of German, but there was no way I could resist the fantastic graphics on these c. 1950s SNIP "Orakel Karten" (Prophecy) cards, which show a clear Bauhaus influence merged with a great sense of fun! I believe Snip is the name of the long legged, ball bodied protagonist, who over the course of the 32 cards encounters a cast of characters from pig to cat to spider to baby, and appears to box, get married, accumulate