Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars pine wood carving His backside shows a hairline

His backside shows a hairline crack running vertically

One last one from a number of drawings I've list by the same (surely quite young) maker

though I definitely suggest buying both for double the fun

On the back of each card is an explanation of each illusion

Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars pine wood carving His backside shows a hairlineI 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