Antique German Wooden Jack Staws in Original Box antique stencil or string a wire or

or string a wire or ribbon and turn her into a large xmas tree ornament

Super solid and sturdy

which I'd guess is where coins would be dumped out

Certainly once paddles extended from his arms

The end of the long one is not cleanly cut as the short ones are

Antique German Wooden Jack Staws in Original Box antique stencil or string a wire orThis old German set of wooden jack straws, early 20th c. I believe, is a great set to actually play with, with both of its original wood and wire hooks for picking up the pieces still in the box. Apart from the simple straight "sticks", all of the pieces show printed numbers on one side, indicating point values for successfully extracting them should one wish to keep score. Near complete if not entirely, with a nice variety of tool like forms