Just figured it out…

I had no idea what this object could possibly be, but I think I just figured it out.

Kurzschlussobjeckt by Gabor Altorjay

Kurzschlussobjeckt by Gabor Altorjay

It’s obviously an early prototype for the external iPod speaker.

mini wooden speaker attached to ipod

mini wooden speaker from uncommongoods.com item# 21494