Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph and 2 1/2" deep

and 2 1/2" deep

Average length about 3 inches

This set does not include an instruction book

and I honestly don't think detracts

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

Large Wound Thread Ball with Colorful Embroidered Stars photograph and 2 1/2" deepI 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