Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars pine wood carving founder of Northwood Pottery

founder of Northwood Pottery

along with the news that Dieterich was not feeling well and the Rich Boatman's wife was dead

His backside shows a hairline crack running vertically

though I definitely suggest buying both for double the fun

Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars pine wood carving founder of Northwood PotteryI 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