Five Balls in Cage Eight Inch Whimsy, Marion, Ohio, 1966 embroidered figure in traditional costume or maybe even an old

or maybe even an old gymnasium

Overall size is 14" by 11 1/4" with the area that holds the photo measuring 7" by 4 1/2"

though lots of good use left in it

(though the box was not

Five Balls in Cage Eight Inch Whimsy, Marion, Ohio, 1966 embroidered figure in traditional costume or maybe even an oldI love that the maker of this whimsy used the balls not only to sign it (ELD) and date it (1966), but also to note the site of its making, which appears to be Gran Camp Gorge (noted on one ball), Marion Ohio (on another)! And then they carved their monogram and date again into either end, just to be sure it would endure! A pretty good job they did I think, though the balls are somewhat irregular in size and shape, with the first ball, with no writing