Scarce Antique German Froebel Kindergarten Paper Plaiting Kit, Full 1817 This hand-carved articulated mannequin has

This hand-carved articulated mannequin has lived a life

Small 2" tall

perhaps by the father

Surely it was the head/tip of an old tool of some sort

See photos -- there are a couple of whitish/grayish areas to the glaze on the interior of the bowl as well as what seems to be a very tiny shard of stoneware stuck to the  surface

Scarce Antique German Froebel Kindergarten Paper Plaiting Kit, Full 1817 This hand-carved articulated mannequin hasIt made me so happy to find this a complete, almost entirely untouched Froebel kindergarten paper plaiting (weaving) kit in original box, made in Germany, late 19th century or so. You may know that I am obsessed with Friedrich Froebel's invention of kindergarten, and the rigorous, creative, expansive philosophy of learning informing it, and paper plaiting is my favorite kindergarten "Gift" of all. Here, should one wish to put it to use, is everything