Pair of Double Sided Whimsy People in Bottles! ice fishing line I have a hard time

I have a hard time wrapping my head around how one would carve a chain from one piece of wood

It appears that three of the four bullet casing legs have stoppers on the bottom but one does not

with the two balls connected to a central post

which would take a very heavy ball to knock down

Pair of Double Sided Whimsy People in Bottles! ice fishing line I have a hard timeSuch a fun pair, not especially old, but unlike any I've see before and really wonderfully done. (Plus, how the heck did someone make them?!) I especially love their double sidedness, with different moods personalities expressed on each side, such that one might configure them with different dynamics between them. I might take them for a mother and child with the mother in excellent blue suit and child in red necktie! Great faces, great details,