This figurine of a standing horse was formed from hand-kneaded cheese paste. The fraying tail and mane were created by notching the cheese. The harness and saddle with a raised, slightly turned front part are made of cheese rolls and threads. The horse’s tack is decorated with red and green dots painted with aniline paint. Shepherds in the Carpathian mountain pastures of the Hutsul region made small animal figurines from sheep’s cheese: horses, deer, lambs, cockerels, hens and ducks. Every figur