Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph look them up

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and 2 1/2" deep

Average length about 3 inches

Part of what really makes this little snapshot for me is the tiny sun (a glimpse of a sign or billboard I guess) peeking out just about the roof of the motel at far right

which is pretty wonderful to see

Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph look them upI 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