Thanks a lot Spanky for your input.
It's an interesting idea and you might be right about it even though the shovel does not really look like one and the tools fit perfectly into the hand which makes me think that they are made to be used.
I was hoping that it could be something from Carl Auböck 🙁
My first thought was "executive gift" little zen sand garden implements.
I was fascinated by the "executive gift" section at the store when I was a child, miniature pool tables and Newton's cradles and strange little games and whatnot. Most of these things had stick-on velvet on them someplace.
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