Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg penny covered to be held with two

to be held with two hands horizontally to play

with just a couple of loose/broken pieces of grass at the very outside edge

Each slide measures 9 3/4 long x 2 3/4" tall x 1/16" thick

and have not found another like it

but overall they are in very good condition

Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg penny covered to be held with twoI think it is likely a sign of these times, but everywhere I go physically and virtually I find myself picking up wooden puzzles. This heavy! wooden egg puzzle I believe is Japanese, and I must admit I am wary of taken more than a few pieces apart for fear of not being able to put it back together. It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin; it took me several minutes to find which piece had a little give (push, actually) to