Was pleased with my purchase.  Was bound together with a piece of twine, but was loose enough that I could move the pieces around a bit  and display them so they didn't look like a bundle of firewood bound together really tight and just laying there.  I could make it look like a bundle of driftwood without having to totally take it apart into separate pieces.  Had a really nice look about it.  Looked like weathered driftwood you would find on the beach.