Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph strangely and evocatively elongated like

strangely and evocatively elongated like a late-day shadow

meaning one could add a few other creatures to the cage if desired

which is pretty wonderful to see

look them up

Definitely worthy of hanging

Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph strangely and evocatively elongated likeI didn't know it when I found it it just looked like a lovely folk art wonder to me! but I believe this is a Japanese Temari ball. From what I've learned, these originated in China and were introduced to Japan around the 7th century A. D., becoming a folk art form and craft, originally constructed from kimono remnants and later thread, with the brilliant colors of the thread symbolic of wishing the recipient a brilliant and happy life. I'm really not